Penshaw, Coal Staiths (Nesham's or Eden Main Staith)

HER Number:
3084

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Coal Staiths (Nesham's or Eden Main Staith)

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Staith

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Coal Staiths (Nesham's Staith later Eden Main Staith), on the Wear at Painshaw, at the northern end of the Londonderry Railway, (HER 3081). Depicted on Burleigh and Thompson's 1737 map operated by John Hylton and John Nesham, later by Nesham alone (by 1775). Still shown on 1862 OS plan connected to rail tracks.

Easting:
3121

Northing:
5399

Grid Reference:
NZ31215399

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3084 >> 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