Acklington Tin Works

[janwhin]

Whilst looking through the newspapers for articles on the colliery, I came across this intersting advert from the Courant of 20 October 1792:
"Acklington Park, capital tin works and farm to be sold by auction.
A capital set of rolling and tin works, with dwelling house and extensive warehouses, situate on the River Coquet.....consisting of a rolling mill, with an extensive and commodious set of tin works, with the various utensils, conveniences and buildings for carrying on the trade.
The works are in complete condition, and constantly supplied with a head and fall of 15 feet at the wheels, and capable of making 5 thousand boxes of tin annually, with the additional convenience of working a forge, and other works from the same head of water.
The whole of the buildings are in good repair, and may be appropriated to cotton mills, or any manufactory requiring a powerful head of water.....
Also a compact farm, consisting of 70 acres of land, and upwards of 20 dwellings suitable for the people employed in the works.
There is an unlimited right to hew stone for building, and to dig clay for bricks..."
There was certainly a weaving industry at the Park. Was this its predecessor?