Clapham's Chimney, Friar's Goose

HER Number

5598

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Clapham's Chimney, Friar's Goose

Place

Felling

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific

Chimney

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built as part of the expansion of Anthony Clapham's soap factory (HER 3515) in the 1830s. The chimney was 263 foot tall, then thought to be the tallest building on Tyneside. The works closed before WW1.

Easting

427510

Northing

563220

Grid Reference

NZ427510563220

Sources

<< HER 5598 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1890