Washington, Wood Side, Black Fell Staiths

HER Number:
3061

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, Wood Side, Black Fell Staiths

Place:
Low Lambton

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

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:
Not depicted on 1737 plan by Burleigh & Thompson but shown on Rennie's map of 1819 as Black Fell or Mount Moor Staith. The name Blackfell Staith is ambiguously positioned on the First Edition Ordnance Survey 1862, but evidently refers to a timber yard with slipways on the north bank on the northern edge of North Biddick not at the end of Lambton Railway (HER3077) as previously thought.

Easting:
3232

Northing:
5495

Grid Reference:
NZ32325495

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3061 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Rennie, 1819-1822, Plan of The River Wear, DRO D/XP 66