Marsden, post office

HER Number:
6809

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, post office

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Post Office

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Ruined Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890. The whole village has been levelled and only an occasional cropmark of the demolished buildings may be seen through the grass. The post office is a ruin opposite the lighthouse.

Easting:
4061

Northing:
6427

Grid Reference:
NZ40616427

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6809 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast from South Shields to Whitburn, pp 22-23; South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished