Willington Staith

HER Number

2102

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Staith

Place

Willington Quay

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

This was the southern terminus of the Willington Wagonway (HER ref. 1164). It was out of use by 1895 when the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows the wagonway as ‘Disused’, and the site of the Staiths occupied by a shipyard, (HER ref. 2211).

Easting

432020

Northing

566120

Grid Reference

NZ432020566120

Sources

<< HER 2102 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98