Fatfield, Beamish Staiths

HER Number

2649

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fatfield, Beamish Staiths

Place

Fatfield

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Beamish Staiths were possibly originally a terminus of the Beamish Wagonway (HER ref. 2562). On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan the staiths seem to be connected to the Fatfield Wagonway (HER ref. 3018), but this is not clear.

Easting

430920

Northing

553720

Grid Reference

NZ430920553720

Sources

<< HER 2649 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13