Howdon, Cramlington Staith

HER Number

2199

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, 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

Cramlington Staith appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan (1894/5) to replace the nearby Cramlington Staiths (HER ref. 2112). It was supplied by a new branch (HER ref. 2202) of the Cramlington Colliery Railway (HER ref. 1056).

Easting

433410

Northing

566090

Grid Reference

NZ433410566090

Sources

<< HER 2199 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NE