Penshaw Foundry

HER Number

3110

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Foundry

Place

Shiney Row

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Foundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Penshaw Foundry appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as the southern terminus of the Londonderry Railway (HER ref. 3081). It is shown with a mill dam and race. Open by 1828 - disused by 1921.

Easting

432410

Northing

552050

Grid Reference

NZ432410552050

Sources

<< HER 3110 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; AD Archaeology, 2015, Hunter Street, Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring - Archaeological Assessment;