Opened in 1882 with 62 pupils. Closed in 1931 when new schools were built.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Opened in 1882 with 62 children. Closed 1931 when new schools were built.
Site Name
Marsden, school
Site Type: Specific
School
HER Number
6807
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6807 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, pp 22-23; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 12
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440760
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564210
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.
SITEASS
The whole village has been levelled and only an occasional cropmark of the demolished buildings may be seen through the grass. The post office is a ruin opposite the lighthouse.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. There is some confusion as to the number and denomination of chapels at Marsden. An old photograph shows a brick building identified as a Primitive Methodist Chapel of 1834 and this seems likely to be the structure shown as a chapel (and then a Sunday School) on the 2nd edition and later Ordnance Survey maps at NZ 4076 6421 in the centre of Marsden village (cleared way in the 1970s). However, the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows no buildings at all here, and the photograph shows a building with a datestone which could read ‘1884’, the building itself being more in the style of the 1880s than the 1830s. Whellans’ 1894 directory identified a brick Wesleyan Chapel seating 200 being built in 1884 at Whitburn Colliery, which was only c 500m to the south – but the old photograph clearly shows the inscription ’P M CHAPEL’.
Site Name
Marsden, Methodist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
6806
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 6806 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, pp 22-23; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished; Peter Ryder, 2017, The Nonconformist Chapels of South Tyneside; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/archiecture/places-of-worship/626223
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2018
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440690
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564320
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Marsden
Description
The colliery mining village of Marsden was situated directly north of Souter Lighthouse (HER 2489). The village had a short life, less than 100 years, from about 1874, when Whitburn Colliery (HER 2493) began, to the early 1960s when the houses strted to be demolished. The village comprised of nine streets with a total of 135 houses and a population of around 600. The Ordnance Survey 1921 sheet shows North Street, John Street, George Street, Hilton Street, Charles Street, William Street and a Sunday School, post office and allotments. Charles Street is now part of the present Coast Road between South Shields and Sunderland. The houses of Charles Street and Hilton Street had four rooms (two up and two down), which held the larger families. William Street and John Street only had two rooms on the ground floor. The rest of the houses had three rooms, one up and two down. Each house without a garden was allocated an allotment. Each house had a back yard leading into a back lane. The Co-operative store had two houses attached, one for manager of the grocery shop and the other for the milkman. The post office was also a general store. The private front room of this building was at one time in use as a dentist's surgery and later a doctor's surgery. The whole village has been levelled and only an occasional cropmark of the demolished buildings may be seen through the grass. The post office is a ruin opposite the lighthouse.
SITEASS
The whole village has been levelled and only an occasional cropmark of the demolished buildings may be seen through the grass. The post office is a ruin opposite the lighthouse.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
The colliery mining village of Marsden was situated directly north of Souter Lighthouse (HER 2489). Built by Harton Coal Company. The village had a short life, less than 100 years, from about 1874, when Whitburn Colliery (HER 2493) began, to the early 1960s when the houses started to be demolished. The village comprised of nine streets with a total of 135 houses and a population of around 600. The OS 1921 sheet shows North Street, John Street, George Street, Hilton Street, Charles Street, William Street and a Sunday School, post office and allotments. Charles Street is now part of the present Coast Road between South Shields and Sunderland. The houses of Charles Street and Hilton Street had four rooms (two up and two down), which held the larger families. William Street and John Street only had two rooms on the ground floor. The rest of the houses had three rooms, one up and two down. Each house without a garden was allocated an allotment. Each house had a back yard leading into a back lane. The Co-operative store had two houses attached, one for manager of the grocery shop and the other for the milkman. The post office was also a general store. The private front room of this building was at one time in use as a dentist's surgery and later a doctor's surgery.
Site Name
Marsden village
Site Type: Specific
Workers Village
HER Number
6805
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6805 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, pp 22-23; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
DAY2
03
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436900
Grid ref figure
6
LANDUSE
Intertidal
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NE 1183
Northing
568100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
SITEASS
Figure 12 on page 21 of the Arbeia Society's 2004 'The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn: Archaeology and History' is a photograph of this wreck. It is in the inter-tidal zone, filled with sand. The vessel lies broadside onto the sea, orientated NW-SE. Five degraded hull timbers protrude vertically from the sand on the seaward side of the photograph. These are likely to be structural timbers rather than hull planking. A further hull timber is visible on the landward side of the wreck, presumably from the opposite side of the keel, or it could be disarticulated timber no longer in its original position. If the vessel is a collier it would be approximately 250 to 300 tons {Serena Cant, English Heritage}.
Site Type: Broad
Wreck
SITEDESC
Wreck of wooden hulled ship visible on Herd Sand at low tide. Driven onto the beach during a storm. Possibly C18 as it has brass fixings (medieval vessels had wooden dowels, mid to late C19 vessels had bronze and then iron fixings). But could have been lost around 1825 or later. A ship of this date would have been powered by sail and was most likely involved in the coal trade from Newcastle or South Shields, or the timber trade from the Baltic.
Site Name
Herd Sand, wreck of wooden hulled ship
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
HER Number
6804
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Sources
<< HER 6804 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, p 21; National Monuments Record, Monument Number Unique Identifier 1569593; Email from Serena Cant, Maritime Data Officer for the National Record of the Historic Environment at English heritage, Swindon, 14 November 2012
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Maritime
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
437100
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567900
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
South Shields
Description
A survey by The Arbeia Society in collaboration with St Andrews Institute of Marine Studies identified a stone pier rising 1 metres above the sea bed on Herd Sand, two-thirds of the way between the Groyne and the south pier. This is as yet undated. Requires further investigation.
Site Type: Broad
Landing Point
SITEDESC
A survey by The Arbeia Society in collaboration with St Andrews Institute of Marine Studies identified a stone pier rising 1m above the sea bed on Herd Sand, two-thirds of the way between the Groyne and the south pier. This is as yet undated. Requires further investigation.
Site Name
Herd Sand, stone pier
Site Type: Specific
Pier
HER Number
6803
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 6803 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, p 17
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
11
DAY2
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
440695
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Copper
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560199
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Seaburn
Description
A copper alloy Roman stud brooch was found at the mouth of the surface drain at Seaburn.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
A copper alloy Roman stud brooch was found at the mouth of the surface drain at Seaburn.
Site Name
Seaburn, Roman stud brooch
Site Type: Specific
Brooch
HER Number
6802
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 6802 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, p 10
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2020
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
440700
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
MATERIAL
Metal
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Whitburn
Description
Roman mettallic harness fittings were found at "Whitburn Pony Field" before landscaping into a recreational space. Between Coast Road and Whitburn Hall.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Roman metallic harness fittings were found at "Whitburn Pony Field" before landscaping into a recreational space. Between Coast Road and Whitburn Hall.
Site Name
Whitburn, Roman harness fittings
Site Type: Specific
Harness Fitting
HER Number
6801
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 6801 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, p 10
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
08
DAY2
04
District
Newcastle
Easting
424790
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563930
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Tudor 1485 to 1603
Place
Newcastle
Description
Westgate Road, Westmorland House
Three dormer gables. One projecting bay window at ground and first floor. Shouldered end gable with coping stones and decorative finial protruding from shoulder. Also in drawing by T.M Richardson c.1837.
Stone, 2 storeys
NCL N/G66E
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Westgate Road, Westmorland House
Three dormer gables. One projecting bay window at ground and first floor. Shouldered end gable with coping stones and decorative finial protruding from shoulder. Also in drawing by T.M Richardson c.1837.
Stone, 2 storeys NCL N/G66E
Shown on Corbridge 1723 with large gardens to the front of the house. Corbridge shows it as a three storey building. On Hutton's map of 1770 the building appears to have a wing on its eastern edge projecting northwards.
Probably a 16th century replacement of a previous medieval hall. The house was demolished in c1822 to make way for the Lit and Phil.
Walls and foundations relating to Westmorland House were revealed beneath the ground floor level of Neville Hall and immediately outside Neville Hall on Westgate Road in 2017 during evaluation works.
Site Name
Westmorland House, Westgate Road
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
HER Number
6800
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6800 >> Newcastle City Library Local Studies, Photo NCL N/G66E; NECT, 2006, Conservation Management Plan for the North-East Institute. The Archaeological Practice, 2018, Neville Hall, Newcastle - Archaeological Evaluation and Monitoring
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2018
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Sunderland
Easting
432850
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555440
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Barmston
Description
A large complex of industrial works is shown on Ordnance Survey 1st edition of 1856. Function unknown.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Site
SITEDESC
A large complex of industrial works is shown on Ordnance Survey 1st edition of 1856. Function unknown.
Site Name
High Barmston Works
Site Type: Specific
Industrial Site
HER Number
6799
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6799 >> Ordnance Survey 1st edition map 1856
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Sunderland
Easting
430620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Washington
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.
Site Name
Glebe House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
6798
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 6798 >> Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890.