Bottle Works
Bottle Works
HER Number
2342
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Bottle Works
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Bottle Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan (1855), the site appears to have included at least three free standing structures which may have been kilns. These were out of use by 1895 as the site was then occuppied by the Stone Quay Boiler Works (HER ref. 2457).
Easting
435790
Northing
566740
Grid Reference
NZ435790566740
Sources
<< HER 2342 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
E.L., Thornborrow, 1961, Rise and fall of the Glass Industry in South Shields, South Shields Archaeological and History Society, Vol. II, no. 4 p 7-28
E.L., Thornborrow, 1961, Rise and fall of the Glass Industry in South Shields, South Shields Archaeological and History Society, Vol. II, no. 4 p 7-28