South Shields, Rope Works

HER Number

2348

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Rope Works

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of a Rope Manufactory with Rope Walk.

Easting

3634

Northing

6775

Grid Reference

NZ36346775

Sources

<< HER 2348 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4