Usworth, bleach works

HER Number:
6747

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, bleach works

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Works

Site Type: Specific:
Bleach Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A bleach works is listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1834 as Washington Bleach Mill, the bleacher being Robson Clark. Hugh Lee Pattinson took over the bleach works to build his chemical works (HER 3056) in 1837 or 1842.

Easting:
3219

Northing:
5572

Grid Reference:
NZ32195572

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6747 >> Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2004, Desk Top Assessment of the former Washington Chemical Works; Pigot and Co, 1834, National Commercial Directory; S. Miller and G. Nairn, 1998, The People's History Around Washington, pp 94-5