Howdon, Salt pans
Howdon, Salt pans
HER Number
5258
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Howdon, Salt pans
Place
Howdon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Salt Production Site
Site Type: Specific
Salt Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
At Howdon no more than two salt pans are ever mentioned, but there may have been more. A will dated 1788 seems to imply that there was a group known as Howdon Pans. The pans were situated on low, flat land which had been reclaimed from the river.
Easting
433200
Northing
566100
Grid Reference
NZ433200566100
Sources
<< HER 5258 >> I. Ayris, 1994, The Post Medieval Salt Industry in Tyne and Wear, unpublished notes
Sir W.G. Armstrong, 1864, The Industrial Resources of the Tyne, Wear and Tees
P. Pilbin, 1935, A Geographical Analysis of the Sea Salt Industry of North East Englan,d Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol 51, p22-29
J. Ellis, 1980, The decline and fall of the Tyneside Salt Industry, 1600 - 1790, Economic History Review, Feb 1980, p45-58
Sir W.G. Armstrong, 1864, The Industrial Resources of the Tyne, Wear and Tees
P. Pilbin, 1935, A Geographical Analysis of the Sea Salt Industry of North East Englan,d Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol 51, p22-29
J. Ellis, 1980, The decline and fall of the Tyneside Salt Industry, 1600 - 1790, Economic History Review, Feb 1980, p45-58