Gateshead, South Shore, Headlam's shipyard

HER Number:
5649

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, South Shore, Headlam's shipyard

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In the second half of the 18th century the shipbuilding industry at Gateshead was dominated by the Headlam family, who had a yard at South Shore. There were various other South Shore yards, but by the end of the 18th century the industry was being concentrated down river although the Gateshead firms continued for a while longer. In the 1820s there was a sharpening of the distinction between ship and boat building. Boat builders remained at Hillgate, while the ship builders grouped at Friar's Goose.

Easting:
26

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2663

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5649 >> F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A History of Gateshead, pp 81-82