Sunderland, medieval shipyard
Sunderland, medieval shipyard
HER Number
81
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, medieval shipyard
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Marine Construction Site
Site Type: Specific
Shipyard
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary evidence
Description
The earliest mention of Sunderland as a Shipbuilding port dates from Hatfield's Survey of 1381 in which it is recorded that Thomas Menvill had a place called Hynden (Hendon) for building vessels.
Easting
441061
Northing
556025
Grid Reference
NZ441061556025
Sources
<< HER 81 >> W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 128
Rev. W. Greenwell, ed. 1857, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32 (for 1856), p. 132
R. Surtees, 18?, History of...Durham,
T. Corfe, 1973, History of Sunderland, p. 29
Rev. W. Greenwell, ed. 1857, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32 (for 1856), p. 132
R. Surtees, 18?, History of...Durham,
T. Corfe, 1973, History of Sunderland, p. 29