South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard

HER Number:
2651

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard

Place:
South Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

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:
A shipbuilding yard is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as an irregularly shaped yard, running into an inturn in the valley edge on the north side of South Hylton. The Leopard public house projects into the yard from the north. Other than two very small structures on the northern boundary of the yard and a crane, no facilities are shown. By the time of the Second Edition Ordnance Survey plan the yard had closed.

Easting:
3516

Northing:
5703

Grid Reference:
NZ35165703

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2651 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7 The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record. 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1896