Hetton Drops
Hetton Drops
HER Number
2808
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hetton Drops
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Lifting and Winding Structure
Site Type: Specific
Coal Drop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Hetton Drops was the northern terminus of the Hetton Company Railway (HER ref. 2850).
Easting
439030
Northing
557630
Grid Reference
NZ439030557630
Sources
<< HER 2808 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
T. Robson, 1827, Plan of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
T. Powell, 2000, Staith to Conveyor, An Illustrated History of Coal Shipping Equipment, p 48
I. Ayris, 1996, Trimdon Street and Farringdon Row, Sunderland - Appraisal of the Histo
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2004, Farringdon Row, Sunderland, Archaeological Desk Based Assessment
T. Robson, 1827, Plan of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
T. Powell, 2000, Staith to Conveyor, An Illustrated History of Coal Shipping Equipment, p 48
I. Ayris, 1996, Trimdon Street and Farringdon Row, Sunderland - Appraisal of the Histo
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2004, Farringdon Row, Sunderland, Archaeological Desk Based Assessment