Bishopwearmouth, Rope Walks

HER Number

2900

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, Rope Walks

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Rope Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Ropewalk

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows two Rope Walks within the same field.

Easting

439810

Northing

556680

Grid Reference

NZ439810556680

Sources

<< HER 2900 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8