Tyne and Wear HER(3210): Hetton-le-Hole, Bleach Green - Details
3210
Sunderland
Hetton-le-Hole, Bleach Green
Hetton-le-Hole
NZ34NE
Industrial
Textile Finishing Site
Bleachfield
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Once the place for a laundry or facility where lined was bleached. According to historian C.A.Smith, thre was an outlet for making linen garments at Bleach Green. He suggests women planted and gathered lyne to weave and bleach at Bleach Green. A Mrs Willis from Houghton reportedly told Smith she had a linen shirt made at Bleach Green.
3527
4726
NZ35274726
<< HER 3210 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p384