Willington Bridge

HER Number

1180

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Bridge

Place

Willington Quay

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road Bridge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Willington Bridge carried the Newcastle to North Shields road (HER ref. 1191) over the Wallsend Burn.

Easting

3119

Northing

6688

Grid Reference

NZ31196688

Sources

<< HER 1180 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89