Mill Dam, tilery
Mill Dam, tilery
HER Number
7832
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Mill Dam, tilery
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Tile Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Richardson’s plan of 1768 shows a large area east of the market place given over to a tilery. This seems to have disappeared by the early 19th century.
Easting
436300
Northing
567210
Grid Reference
NZ436300567210
Sources
A plan of the Townships of Westoe and Harton belonging to the Honourable and Reverend The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral of Durham, by Richard Richardson, 1768.
Inkster K and Speak S, 1998, Coronation Street, South Shields: An Archaeological Assesment. (T&W HER 1998, Box 18/8)
Inkster K and Speak S, 1998, Coronation Street, South Shields: An Archaeological Assesment. (T&W HER 1998, Box 18/8)