Jesmond Dene, footbridge abutments

HER Number

5692

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond Dene, footbridge abutments

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Pedestrian Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Footbridge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Area with three footbridges. These surviving stone abutments once carried a timber footbridge over stone bridge (HER 5691). The timber bridge was still here in the 1930s.

Easting

425820

Northing

567070

Grid Reference

NZ425820567070

Sources

<< HER 5692 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004