Black Middens, Providence

HER Number

14220

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Providence

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1767 wreck of English craft which stranded on the Black Middens on her arrival from London; a wooden sailing vessel. `Newcastle, Feb. 28...Yesterday se'nnight, in a hard gale of wind at SE, the PROVIDENCE of Lynn, Abbott; the GOOD INTENT...and the FANNY...were drove on the Black Middings, near Tynemouth Bar. The former is gone to pieces, but the latter were got off on Thursday.' (Newcastle Courant 1767). Master: Abbott

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 03-MAR-1767, No.3247; Newcastle Courant 28-FEB-1767, No.4719 Page(s)2; Newcastle Courant 18-APR-1767, No.4726 Page(s)2; National Monuments Record (971424)