Tyne and Wear HER(4488): South Shields, Broad Landing, Wharf - Details
4488
S Tyneside
South Shields, Broad Landing, Wharf
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime
Landing Point
Quay
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
In 1756 John Burdon was allowed to build a wharf at Broad Landing. Two quays belonging to Fairlie, advertised in 1791, are described as being on either side of Burdon's Quay, thereby giving an approximate location for the latter..
3593
6736
NZ35936736
<< HER 4488 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p 122