Dogger Letch Bridge
Dogger Letch Bridge
HER Number
4559
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Dogger Letch Bridge
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Road Bridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Dogger Letch, swampy ground at the west end of Low Street, was crossed in the 17th century by a wooden bridge connecting the present Liddle and Clive Streets. A toll house was located nearby which was demolished in 1857. The wooden bridge is marked on Wood’s 1827 map. Craster states that a causeway called the Half Moon led from the wooden bridge to Bank head and continued as Church Way to the parish church.
Easting
435680
Northing
568140
Grid Reference
NZ435680568140
Sources
<< HER 4559 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth