Painshaw Staiths

HER Number

3082

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Painshaw Staiths

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Painshaw Staiths. Depicted on Burleigh and Thompson's 1737 map. Owned by Hilton and Nesham's Esq. and John Tempest. Still shown on 1862 OS plan.

Easting

3139

Northing

5411

Grid Reference

NZ31395411

Sources

<< HER 3082 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1862, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Penshaw: not just a monument; Burliegh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of Penshaw and South Biddick Staithes DRO D/XP/64