South Shields, Ballast Quay

HER Number:
4487

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Ballast Quay

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Landing Point

Site Type: Specific:
Quay

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Evidence for the construction of quays and docks in the area to the north of the Mill Dam inlet begins in the 17th century. There is a court record in 1670 of a ballast quay separated from the water mill by a bridge and apparently on or near the site of what became Cookson's Quay, just to the north of the Mill Dam inlet. In 1754 John Burdon was refused permission by Trinity House to build a ballast quay on the sands at the end end of South Shields. Two years later Isaac Cookson, who was a freeman of Newcastle, secured a site for a quay, presumably Cookson's Quay as shown on Wood's map.

Easting:
3593

Northing:
6712

Grid Reference:
NZ35936712

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4487 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth