Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. A pump is shown here on Os first.
Site Name
Little Horsley Hill
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
HER Number
6827
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6827 >> Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
438290
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565830
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 1st edition of 1850.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Horsley Hill
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6826
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6826 >> Ordnance Survey 1st edition of 1850.
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
439530
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565080
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.
Site Type: Broad
Navigation Aid
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Marsden, coastguard station
Site Type: Specific
Coastguard Station
HER Number
6825
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6825 >> Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6823
DAY1
15
DAY2
14
District
S Tyneside
Easting
439940
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564880
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Marsden
Description
In 1782 Jack Bates, an unemployed miner from Allendale, moved to Marsden looking for work. He found the caves hidden within Marsden Bay's limestone cliff face and decided to expand one of them with explosives to create a house for himeslf and his wife. The steps from the cliff top to the beach were said to have been carved by "Jack the Blaster" in 1788. He is said to have made a living from smuggling. He died in 1792 and his wife vacated their cave home. Peter Allan moved into the cave in 1826. He expanded it further finding 18 human skeletons in the process, possibly smugglers. Allan made a two-storey cave with a basic kitchen which he opened as an inn called the Tam O' Shanter, renamed shortly as the Marsden Grotto. The inn was popular with smugglers. High tides flooded the inn in the 1850s and a cliff face collaped in 1864. Peter Allan had died in 1849. The rest of the family left in 1874. The business was taken over by Sidney Milnes Hawkes and the building made sound. It was then sold to Vaux Brewery in 1898. The Grotto included a ballroom, which was popular in the Edwardian era, when visitors travelled to Marsden by boat (no coast road until modern times). It is the only 'cave-bar' in Europe and is said to be the most haunted public house in England. Banging, whispering and screaming have been heard {Kirkup 2009}. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
In 1782 Jack Bates, an unemployed miner from Allendale, moved to Marsden looking for work. He found the caves hidden within Marsden Bay's limestone cliff face and decided to expand one of them with explosives to create a house for himself and his wife. The steps from the cliff top to the beach were said to have been carved by "Jack the Blaster" in 1788. He is said to have made a living from smuggling. He died in 1792 and his wife vacated their cave home. Peter Allan moved into the cave in 1826. He expanded it further finding 18 human skeletons in the process, possibly smugglers. Allan made a two-storey cave with a basic kitchen which he opened as an inn called the Tam O' Shanter, renamed shortly as the Marsden Grotto. The inn was popular with smugglers. High tides flooded the inn in the 1850s and a cliff face collapsed in 1864. Peter Allan had died in 1849. The rest of the family left in 1874. The business was taken over by Sidney Milnes Hawkes and the building made sound. It was then sold to Vaux Brewery in 1898. The Grotto included a ballroom, which was popular in the Edwardian era, when visitors travelled to Marsden by boat (no coast road until modern times). It is the only 'cave-bar' in Europe and is said to be the most haunted public house in England. Banging, whispering and screaming have been heard {Kirkup 2009}.
Site Name
Marsden Grotto Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6824
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6824 >> South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 18; Rob Kirkup, 2009, Ghostly Tyne and Wear, pages 73-77; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/71/SS
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6824
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440100
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564930
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Marsden Rock was a popular picnic spot. In 1896, Peter Allen, Landlord of the Grotto, and two companions spent two weeks cutting a channel and steps into the rock, and then connecting it to the ground with a ladder. Visitors enjoyed a picnic on top of the rock - 109 feet above the sea! In April 1903 a choral service was held on top of the rock.
Site Type: Broad
Feature
SITEDESC
Marsden Rock was a popular picnic spot. In 1896, Peter Allen, Landlord of the Grotto, and two companions spent two weeks cutting a channel and steps into the rock, and then connecting it to the ground with a ladder. Visitors enjoyed a picnic on top of the rock - 109 feet above the sea! In April 1903 a choral service was held on top of the rock.
Site Name
Marsden Rock
Site Type: Specific
Natural Feature
HER Number
6823
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 6823 >> South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 18
SURVIVAL
20-39%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563810
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 3rd edition 1919.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A simple stone Gothic chapel on the coast road first shown on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map (c1919), simply as a ‘Methodist’ church; it is now the Lighthouse Christian Centre. The registers in the National Archives refer to it as a Primitive Methodist building, so it presumably replaced the old brick chapel in Marsden village further to the north. The registers commence in 1924 and end in 1980 although it is recorded that the chapel closed in 1976.
Site Name
Marsden, Mill Lane, Primitive Methodist Church
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
6822
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6822 >> Ordnance Survey third edition map, 1919; Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels of South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563850
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 3rd edition 1919. Built about 1896 and pulled down in 1968 when the colliery (HER 2493) closed and the village (HER 6805) vanished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey 3rd edition 1919. Built about 1896 and pulled down in 1968 when the colliery (HER 2493) closed and the village (HER 6805) vanished.
Site Name
Marsden, Church of St Andrew
Site Type: Specific
Church
HER Number
6821
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6821 >> Ordnance Survey third edition map, 1919; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 15
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6819
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440120
EASTING2
4060
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
564100
NORTHING2
6423
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition c.1890. The toll road led from Marsden to Lizard Lane.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition c.1890. The toll road led from Marsden to Lizard Lane.
Site Name
Marsden, Marsden to Lizard Lane toll road
Site Type: Specific
Toll Road
HER Number
6820
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6820 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 14
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6820
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440110
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition c.1890. The toll road led from Marsden to Lizard Lane. The toll house is now called Toll Gate Cottage.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition c.1890. The toll road led from Marsden to Lizard Lane. The toll house is now called Toll Gate Cottage.
Site Name
Marsden, Lizard Lane, toll house (Toll Cottage)
Site Type: Specific
Toll House
HER Number
6819
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 6819 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 14; Milestone Society National ID Number: TW.SOU
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
439730
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564730
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition c.1890.
Site Type: Broad
Inn
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition c.1890.
Site Name
Marsden Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
HER Number
6818
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6818 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 14