South Shields, Milldown, Joseph and Mary

HER Number:
14279

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Milldown, Joseph and Mary

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1798 incident in which an English craft was burnt at Milldown en route but which was apparently not totally lost; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting:
37

Northing:
67

Grid Reference:
NZ3767

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (973404); George B Hodgson 1904 Wreck register for the north-east coast : a complete list of local shipping disasters from the earliest times to the end of 1902 Page(s)6; Newcastle Advertiser 20-OCT-1798, No.523 Page(s)2