Monkwearmouth, Byron's Quay

HER Number:
17567

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Byron's Quay

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Landing Point

Site Type: Specific:
Quay

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Byron's Quay is shown marked by an 'x' on Burleigh and Thompson's 'Plan of the mouth of the River Wear' 1737. This was one of the results of the River Wear Commission's work to improve the Wear. The Commission was founded by Act of Parliament in 1717 to manage the port's wharves, staithes, ballast quays and river channels, to allow the tide frier flow and improve navigation.

Easting:
394

Northing:
574

Grid Reference:
NZ394574

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2017, Sheepfolds, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Building Recording and Geological Assessment, p 29; Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Plan of the mouth of the River Wear; MM Meikle and CM Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners