Howdon, Northumberland Dock

HER Number:
2111

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, Northumberland Dock

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Dock and Harbour Installation

Site Type: Specific:
Dock

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows at least 16 staiths (HER refs. 2112-2120) associated with the dock, its basin and lock. This was the first enclosed dock on the Tyne, covering an area of 55 acres. It opened in 1857.

Easting:
3405

Northing:
6624

Grid Reference:
NZ34056624

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2111 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.220 I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.27; John Elliott and Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways