William Davidson's Pottery, Saltmeadows

HER Number

5652

District

Gateshead

Site Name

William Davidson's Pottery, Saltmeadows

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Pottery Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Pottery Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1699 William Davidson of Beamish took a lease from the Corporation of Newcastle of a messuage in the Salt Meadows "with liberty to carry away clay to make pots and other earthen vessels". The location of this concern is unknown.

Easting

426000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ426000563000

Sources

<< HER 5652 >> Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 1699, lease, Long Box 15/13/49