Commissioner's Staiths (North)

HER Number

2142

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Commissioner's Staiths (North)

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

From the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan these appear to have been related to the Backworth Colliery Railway (HER ref. 1113), but this is not clear. They were built after 1858, as they do not appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. One of two pairs of staiths with this name, the other being HER ref. 2200.

Easting

435180

Northing

566400

Grid Reference

NZ435180566400

Sources

<< HER 2142 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE