Jarrow Slake, Timber Ponds

HER Number

2546

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow Slake, Timber Ponds

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Timber Pond

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Jarrow Slake Timber Ponds are shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so were working from after 1855.

Easting

434090

Northing

565540

Grid Reference

NZ434090565540

Sources

<< HER 2546 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE