Monkwearmouth, Ropewalk

HER Number

4482

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, Ropewalk

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ropewalk

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A survey of the manor of Monkwearmouth, part of the possession of Sir William Williamson was made by William Lewin in 1714 and copied by Robson in 1825, whose map shows a ropewalk.

Easting

440300

Northing

557700

Grid Reference

NZ440300557700

Sources

<< HER 4482 >> W. Lewin, 1714, Plan of the Manor of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland Museum,