South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard
South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard
HER Number
2651
District
Sunderland
Site Name
South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard
Place
South Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Marine Construction Site
Site Type: Specific
Shipyard
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A shipbuilding yard is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as an irregularly shaped yard, running into an inturn in the valley edge on the north side of South Hylton. The Leopard public house projects into the yard from the north. Other than two very small structures on the northern boundary of the yard and a crane, no facilities are shown. By the time of the Second Edition Ordnance Survey plan the yard had closed.
Easting
435160
Northing
557030
Grid Reference
NZ435160557030
Sources
<< HER 2651 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1896
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1896