Fatfield, Lambton Staiths

HER Number

2727

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fatfield, Lambton Staiths

Place

Fatfield

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Lambton Staiths are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as "site of", suggesting that they were out of use before 1858.

Easting

430980

Northing

553850

Grid Reference

NZ430980553850

Sources

<< HER 2727 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13