Usworth, paper mill

HER Number:
6748

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, paper mill

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Paper Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Paper Mill

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An undated copy of the Sunderland Echo (probably 1963) records that Hugh Lee Pattinson took over an old paper mill site for his chemical works in 1840. The place was already in use as a bleach mill (HER 6747), but the present road from the Glebe Schools to Waterside was called Paper Mill Lane (now Station Road). The buildings were used afterwards as stables for the chemical works.

Easting:
3219

Northing:
5572

Grid Reference:
NZ32195572

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6748 >> Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2004, Desk Top Assessment of the former Washington Chemical Works; Sunderland Echo, ?1963