Sunderland, Wearmouth salt pans

HER Number:
80

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Wearmouth salt pans

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Works

Site Type: Specific:
Salt Works

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C15

Form of Evidence:
Documentary evidence

Description:
The township of Wearmouth Panns derived its name from the ten salt pans which are mentioned in the survey carried out by command of Elizabeth I in 1587. The old township extended along the south bank of the Wear from the bridge to Russell Street and had been gradually gained from the river by embankments. Messrs Austin and Sons' shipyard formerly occupied the site of the ancient salt pans.

Easting:
399

Northing:
574

Grid Reference:
NZ399574

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Raine (ed), Inventories and Account Rolls, p 141, 154,203-8, 225, 227, 229, 230, 232; J.W. Summers, 1858, The History and Antiquities of Sunderland, pp 79-80, 225; W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, pp. 53-4; M.M. Meikle and C.M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins - monks to mariners, pp. 89, 91, 96-99