Monkwearmouth, ropery

HER Number

17575

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, ropery

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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 ropewalk is shown on John Rennie's 1826 Survey of the River Wear. The line is preserved in the road layout as Millennium Way.

Easting

439520

Northing

557870

Grid Reference

NZ439520557870

Sources

John Rennie, 1826, Survey of the River Wear; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment