Penshaw Staiths, Smith's Staiths

HER Number

16809

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Staiths, Smith's Staiths

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Furthest upstream of three staiths. Shown in the Penshaw Staithes area on Burleigh and Thompson's 1737 plan . Out of use by 1775.

Easting

431160

Northing

553950

Grid Reference

NZ431160553950

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Penshaw: not just a monument; Burliegh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of Penshaw and South Biddick Staithes, DRO D/XP/64