Howdon, West Cramlington Staith

HER Number

2119

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, West Cramlington Staith

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

West Cramlington Staith, at the southern end of one of the two branches of the West Cramlington Wagonway (South), (HER ref. 2045), in Northumberland Dock (HER ref. 2111). It is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, surveyed in 1894/5.

Easting

434280

Northing

566320

Grid Reference

NZ434280566320

Sources

<< HER 2119 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; John Elliott and Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways