Jarrow, Church Bank, oil depot

HER Number:
14651

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Church Bank, oil depot

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Oil Depot

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Post-war oil depot with huge circular tanks, shown on Ordnance Survey fifth edition. The depot subsequently became much bigger extending south across the former allotment gardens down to Jarrow Hall. Part of the site was archaeologically excavated in 1989-90 by Tyne and Wear Museums and evidence of medieval settlement was recorded, along with a large ditch (interpreted as the possible monastic vallum) and a Roman amphora sherd. The oil depot site was subsequently landscaped (topsoil imported to raise ground levels) by the Urban Development Corporation and became part of the Bede's World site.

Easting:
3369

Northing:
6565

Grid Reference:
NZ33696565

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
S. Speak, Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 1991, Excavations at Church Bank, Jarrow; Medieval Settlement Research Group, 1990, Annual Report 5