Bishopwearmouth, Galley Gill, air raid shelter

HER Number:
7680

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Galley Gill, air raid shelter

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This shelter was partially hit when the Farringdon Row/Ayres Quay Road area was bombed on 3rd March 1941. Thankfully the shelter was unoccupied (Rowley and Pears reference N548).

Easting:
391

Northing:
573

Grid Reference:
NZ391573

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ripley, R and Pears, B, 1994-2001, North-East Diary 1939-1945 http://www.bpears.org.uk/NE-Diary/Bck/BSeq_03.html