Tyne and Wear HER(2017): North Shields, Ropery - Details
2017
N Tyneside
North Shields, Ropery
North Shields
NZ36NW
Industrial
Rope Manufacturing Site
Ropery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A Ropery, probably out of use by 1894/5 when the site was partly occupied by a Gas Works (HER ref. 2133). The length of the site was approximately 400 yards.
3486
6766
NZ34866766
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