Galley Gill, air raid shelter

HER Number

7680

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Galley Gill, air raid shelter

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Raid Shelter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This shelter was partially hit when the Farringdon Row/Ayres Quay Road area was bombed on 3rd March 1941. Thankfully the shelter was unoccupied (Rowley and Pears reference N548).

Easting

439100

Northing

557300

Grid Reference

NZ439100557300

Sources

Ripley, R and Pears, B, 1994-2001, North-East Diary 1939-1945 http://www.bpears.org.uk/NE-Diary/Bck/BSeq_03.html