Sunderland, Coal Staith

HER Number

4444

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Coal Staith

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A staith for the loading and unloading of coals was constructed on a parcel of waste land "lying beneath Houldeape from the great Cove east to the great Hinginge Scarr west and extending from the lowest part of the bank 24 yards into the channel of the Wear". The land was granted to John Lord Lumley in 1600. This precise location of this staith is unknown.

Easting

440000

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ440000558000

Sources

<< HER 4444 >> Mackenzie & Ross, 1834, Historical...View of the County Palatinate of Durham, p 273