Ship Repairing Yard
Ship Repairing Yard
HER Number
2445
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Ship Repairing Yard
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Marine Construction Site
Site Type: Specific
Shipyard
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This ship repairing yard is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855. It was built over part of the northern end of the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2290).
Easting
435940
Northing
567440
Grid Reference
NZ435940567440
Sources
<< HER 2445 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.