Wapping

HER Number

16235

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wapping

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Hamlet

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Small settlement of Wapping first shown on Greenwood's plan of Northumberland, 1828. Associated with coal mining.

Easting

429760

Northing

569820

Grid Reference

NZ429760569820

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, Land at Forest Gate, Palmersville - archaeological assessment; Shown on Greenwood's Map of Northumberland, 1828