Jarrow, Slips

HER Number

2250

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Slips

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Slipway

Site Type: Specific

Slipway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The number of slipways is unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan (surveyed in 1854). They are possibly associated with the adjacent Engine (HER ref. 2251).

Easting

432730

Northing

565820

Grid Reference

NZ432730565820

Sources

<< HER 2250 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3