Tyne and Wear HER(17567): Monkwearmouth, Byron's Quay - Details
17567
Sunderland
Monkwearmouth, Byron's Quay
Monkwearmouth
NZ35NE
Maritime
Landing Point
Quay
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
Byron's Quay is shown marked by an 'x' on Burleigh and Thompson's 'Plan of the mouth of the River Wear' 1737. This was one of the results of the River Wear Commission's work to improve the Wear. The Commission was founded by Act of Parliament in 1717 to manage the port's wharves, staithes, ballast quays and river channels, to allow the tide frier flow and improve navigation.
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Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, p 29; Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of the mouth of the River Wear; MM Meikle and CM Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners