Bishopwearmouth, Ballast Hills Company's Bottle Works

HER Number:
2806

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Ballast Hills Company's Bottle Works

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Bottle Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The works opened circa 1800. In 1820 it was being run by T. Bonner and Company and from 1821 by Laing, Horn and Scott and Company. It closed in 1923 and was incorporated into Laing’s Shipyard.

Easting:
3894

Northing:
5801

Grid Reference:
NZ38945801

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2806 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8 N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.32