Jarrow, Staith

HER Number

2572

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Staith

Place

Jarrow

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

A Staith at the northern end of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway (HER ref. 1007), which was one of two, the other being HER ref. 2574. It is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so was probably built after 1855.

Easting

431910

Northing

565850

Grid Reference

NZ431910565850

Sources

<< HER 2572 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, NE