Ayres Quay, Salt Pans

Ayres Quay, Salt Pans

HER Number

5966

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ayres Quay, Salt Pans

Place

Ayres Quay

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Salt Production Site

Site Type: Specific

Salt Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Salt pans are shown on John Bell's plan of 1801, just south of Ayres Quay Glass Houses.

Easting

438900

Northing

557700

Grid Reference

NZ438900557700

Sources

<< HER 5966 >> J. Bell, 1801, Plan of Sunderland