Jarrow, Staith

HER Number

2574

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) - one of a pair with HER ref. 2572. It is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855.

Easting

432000

Northing

565850

Grid Reference

NZ432000565850

Sources

<< HER 2574 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, NE