Bishopwearmouth, Rope Walk

HER Number

2901

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, Rope Walk

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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 a Rope Walk, next to Wellington Street.

Easting

440010

Northing

556630

Grid Reference

NZ440010556630

Sources

<< HER 2901 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8