Oakwellgate, Chemical Manufactory
Oakwellgate, Chemical Manufactory
HER Number
5655
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Oakwellgate, Chemical Manufactory
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Chemical Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The oldest chemical manufactory in Gateshead can be traced to the "Jew of Oakwellgate", who is said to have manufactured a compound of cyanogen, prussian blue, in the 18th century. He had moved his apparatus from Corbridge to Gateshead, possibly to be outside the jurisdiction of the trade companies of Newcastle.
Easting
425500
Northing
563600
Grid Reference
NZ425500563600
Sources
<< HER 5655 >> F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, p 74
W.A. Campbell, 1968, A Century of Chemistry in Tyneside, 1868-1968 p 31; I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 85
W.A. Campbell, 1968, A Century of Chemistry in Tyneside, 1868-1968 p 31; I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 85