Monkwearmouth, Ropery

HER Number

2719

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, Ropery

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ropery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Ropery, with possibly four rope walks is revealed by Historic map evidence. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map is unclear, but this may have been called Mill House Ropery.

Easting

440140

Northing

558100

Grid Reference

NZ440140558100

Sources

<< HER 2719 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; N. Pevsner, 1992, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 468