Tyne and Wear HER(4559): North Shields, Dogger Letch Bridge - Details
4559
N Tyneside
North Shields, Dogger Letch Bridge
North Shields
NZ36NE
Transport
Road Transport Site
Road Bridge
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
The Dogger Letch, swampy ground at the west end of Low Street, was crossed in the 17th century by a wooden bridge connecting the present Liddle and Clive Streets. A toll house was located nearby which was demolished in 1857. The wooden bridge is marked on Wood’s 1827 map. Craster states that a causeway called the Half Moon led from the wooden bridge to Bank head and continued as Church Way to the parish church.
3568
6814
NZ35686814
<< HER 4559 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth