Willington Quay, Shipyard

HER Number:
2211

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington Quay, Shipyard

Place:
Willington Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shipyard, with docks and slipways. This may be an expansion of HER ref. 2103 and/or 2104, or a new yard built on the same site. The shipyard also occupied the sites of the Willington Smelting Works and Willington Staith (HER refs 2101 & 2102).

Easting:
3215

Northing:
6619

Grid Reference:
NZ32156619

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2211 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW