Howdon, Commissioner's Staiths (South)

HER Number:
2200

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, Commissioner's Staiths (South)

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Staith

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This is the southern pair of the two sets with this name (with HER ref. 2142). They are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were built after 1858.They were supplied by the extensions (HER ref. 2201) to the North Eastern Railway, Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref. 2139).

Easting:
3501

Northing:
6621

Grid Reference:
NZ35016621

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2200 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NE