Craster's Dock or Young's Dock
Craster's Dock or Young's Dock
HER Number
2338
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Craster's Dock or Young's Dock
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Marine Construction Site
Site Type: Specific
Dry Dock
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A ‘Mr Craster’s Upper Dock’ is mentioned in an advertisement for the sale of salvage in 1805, showing that the dock had been constructed by this time. On the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858, a single dock is present on the site, annotated as ‘Young’s Dock’. This is enlarged on later 19th century editions of the Ordnance Survey plan for the area.
Easting
435970
Northing
567320
Grid Reference
NZ435970567320
Sources
<< HER 2338 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.