Raft Yard

HER Number

2247

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Raft Yard

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific

Boat Yard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A site named Raft Yard is the possible site of a shipyard. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, the extents of the site are unclear. By 1895 it had become a victim of the expansion of the nearby High Docks (HER ref. 2294).

Easting

435470

Northing

566170

Grid Reference

NZ435470566170

Sources

<< HER 2247 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3