Cox Green, Nicholas Lambton's coal staith

HER Number:
6445

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Cox Green, Nicholas Lambton's coal staith

Place:
Cox Green

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

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:
Coxgreen and Barmston were key points on the River Wear from which coal was loaded onto keels to be taken downriver from at least the beginning of the 18th century. Substantial staiths and spouts are recorded on Burleigh and Thompson's map of 1737. On this map is a coal staith belonging to Nicholas Lambton. This is connected to several wagonways. One branch line runs to two buildings to the south of the river marked as Nicholas Lambton's Fire Engine.

Easting:
322

Northing:
553

Grid Reference:
NZ322553

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1999, Barmston and Coxgreen, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment; Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Extract plan of the River Wear; J.T. Taylor, 1852, The Archaeology of the Coal Trade, Archaeological Institute of Great Britain, Vol 1, p 161