Willington Quay, Shipyard

HER Number

2211

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay, Shipyard

Place

Willington Quay

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific

Shipyard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shipyard, with docks and slipways. This may be an expansion of HER ref. 2103 and/or 2104, or a new yard built on the same site. The shipyard also occupied the sites of the Willington Smelting Works and Willington Staith (HER refs 2101 & 2102).

Easting

432150

Northing

566190

Grid Reference

NZ432150566190

Sources

<< HER 2211 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW