Commissioner's Staiths

Commissioner's Staiths

HER Number

2434

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Commissioner's Staiths

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The staithes were built after 1855, served by a railway (HER ref. 2433).

Easting

436620

Northing

568230

Grid Reference

NZ436620568230

Sources

<< HER 2434 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW