Broad Landing, Wharf

HER Number

4488

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Broad Landing, Wharf

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Landing Point

Site Type: Specific

Quay

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1756 John Burdon was allowed to build a wharf at Broad Landing. Two quays belonging to Fairlie, advertised in 1791, are described as being on either side of Burdon's Quay, thereby giving an approximate location for the latter..

Easting

435930

Northing

567360

Grid Reference

NZ435930567360

Sources

<< HER 4488 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p 122