Howdon, East Holywell Staith

HER Number

2120

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, East Holywell Staith

Place

Howdon

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

East Holywell Staith, in Northumberland Dock (HER ref. 2111), at the southern end of the eastern branch of the West Cramlington Wagonway (HER ref. 2045).

Easting

434320

Northing

566310

Grid Reference

NZ434320566310

Sources

<< HER 2120 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; John Elliott and Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways