Crowley's Ironworks

HER Number

5987

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Crowley's Ironworks

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Iron Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1691 Sir Ambrose Crowley acquired by lease a disused cornmill and four acres of land in Winlaton village. Not to be confused with his later works at Winlaton Mill (HER 1006), started in 1697.

Easting

417600

Northing

561900

Grid Reference

NZ417600561900

Sources

<< HER 5987 >> Gateshead Council, 1992, Winlaton Ironworks, Restoration Scheme, Supporting Information; M.W. Flinn, 1962, Men of Iron - The Crowleys in the Early Iron Industry