Usworth, paper mill
Usworth, paper mill
HER Number
6748
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Usworth, paper mill
Place
Usworth
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Paper Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Paper Mill
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
An undated copy of the Sunderland Echo (probably 1963) records that Hugh Lee Pattinson took over an old paper mill site for his chemical works in 1840. The place was already in use as a bleach mill (HER 6747), but the present road from the Glebe Schools to Waterside was called Paper Mill Lane (now Station Road). The buildings were used afterwards as stables for the chemical works.
Easting
432190
Northing
555720
Grid Reference
NZ432190555720
Sources
<< HER 6748 >> Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2004, Desk Top Assessment of the former Washington Chemical Works; Sunderland Echo, ?1963