Bishopwearmouth, Castle Well

HER Number:
38

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Castle Well

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Well

General Period:

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A well of excellent water from which the shipping was supplied, formerly known by the name of the Castle Well, is said to have been located near the dock and staith of Lord Durham. Lord Durham's dock and staith may refer to the Lambton Drops on the R. Wear (see Ordnance Survey 6 inches plan of 1862), and that being the case, 'Castle Well' would have been situated in a low lying grassy area on the south bank of the River Wear at the bottom of a deep gorge known as the 'Galley's Gill'. No trace of a well is known at this position.

Easting:
393

Northing:
574

Grid Reference:
NZ393574

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 38 >> E. Mackenzie & M.Ross, 1834, A Historical View of...Durham, Vol. I, p. 275 n W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 19 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, 'Castle Well' (site of)...