Wallsend, Killingworth Drops

HER Number

2100

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Killingworth Drops

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Killingworth Drops comprised at least four Coal Drops at the southern end of the Killingworth Wagonway (HER ref. 1083).

Easting

431000

Northing

566020

Grid Reference

NZ431000566020

Sources

<< HER 2100 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98