Union workhouse, built 1837. Architects John and Benjamin Green.
Site Type: Broad
Workhouse
SITEDESC
Union workhouse, built 1837. Architects John and Benjamin Green, who were also the architects of the Castle Ward workhouse at Ponteland. In 1839, the Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £2,506 on the building which was to accommodate 205 inmates.
The workhouse adopted a cruciform layout, perhaps based on Sampson Kempthorne's "200-pauper" plan published by the Poor Law Commissioners in 1836. The building had an entrance and administrative block at the south. To the rear, the separate ranges the different classes of inmates (male/female, infirm/able-bodied) enclosed exercise yards. By the 1870s, the German Street building was proving too small and in 1875 it was decided to build a new workhouse at a site on the edge of Harton Moor (HER 11778).
Site Name
Ocean Road (German St), Union Workhouse
Site Type: Specific
Workhouse
HER Number
11777
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Kathryn Morrison (English Heritage and Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England), 1999, 'The Workhouse - a study of poor-law buildings in England', p 203; http://www.workhouses.org.uk/SouthShields; Tyne and Wear Archives, Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4JA. Guardians' minutes (1899-1932), Births (1914-37), Deaths (1914-48), Admissions (1926-48), Admissions and discharges (1897-1956), Creed registers (1877-1948), Epilepsy registers (1911-36), Lunacy registers (1908-48); Peter Higginbotham, 2013, A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse; Peter Higginbotham, 2012, The Workhouse Encyclopedia
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
425070
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
101638
Northing
562330
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Bensham
Description
Union workhouse, built 1840-1.
Site Type: Broad
Workhouse
SITEDESC
Union workhouse, built 1840-1.
Site Name
Union Workhouse
Site Type: Specific
Workhouse
HER Number
11776
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Kathryn Morrison (English Heritage and Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England), 1999, 'The Workhouse - a study of poor-law buildings in England', p 203
YEAR1
2009
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433550
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 302
Northing
565420
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Place
Jarrow
Description
Air raid shelters aligned with High Street seen on air photographs. Now built over.
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
SITEDESC
Air raid shelters aligned with High Street seen on air photographs. Now built over.
Three air raid shelters seen on air photographs of 1946. They have since been levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
SITEDESC
Three air raid shelters seen on air photographs of 1946. They have since been levelled.
Site Name
Drewett Playing Field
Site Type: Specific
Air Raid Shelter
HER Number
11774
Form of Evidence
Levelled Earthwork
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405902; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5185 04-APR-1946; Turner, A, 2011, Geophysical Surveys at Wearnouth and Jarrow 2008-2011
YEAR1
2009
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
05
District
N Tyneside
Easting
433320
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 293
Northing
569110
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Place
Billy Mill
Description
Aircraft obstructions of Second World War date seen as earthworks and mapped from air photographs of 1946. The obstructions were arranged at right angles and were formed by a ditch with small spoil heaps aligned along either side. They extend for 363m NNW-SSE and for 235m SSW-NNE. The earthworks were soon levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Defence Obstruction
SITEDESC
Aircraft obstructions of Second World War date seen as earthworks and mapped from air photographs of 1946. The obstructions were arranged at right angles and were formed by a ditch with small spoil heaps aligned along either side. They extend for 363m NNW-SSE and for 235m SSW-NNE. The earthworks were soon levelled.
Barrage balloon sites mapped from air photographs of 1946. A line of three mooring circles were noted, defined by concentric rings of mooring posts, each 25m in diameter. A British Pathe newsreel (http://www.britishpathe.com/video/waaf-barrage-balloon-school) shows the mooring posts as concrete blocks set flush into the ground and with metal attachment rings in their tops.
Site Type: Broad
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
SITEDESC
Barrage balloon sites mapped from air photographs of 1946. A line of three mooring circles were noted, defined by concentric rings of mooring posts, each 25m in diameter. A British Pathe newsreel (http://www.britishpathe.com/video/waaf-barrage-balloon-school) shows the mooring posts as concrete blocks set flush into the ground and with metal attachment rings in their tops.
Site Name
Hebburn, barrage balloon site
Site Type: Specific
Barrage Balloon Site
HER Number
11772
Form of Evidence
Destroyed Monument
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405625; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5103 04-APR-1946; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, School Street, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2009
YEAR2
2014
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2534
DAY1
05
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432760
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 287
Northing
565650
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Place
Jarrow
Description
A barrage balloon site mapped from air photographs of 1946. The mooring circle was around 50m in diameter. There were two associated buildings just to the south-east of the outer ring of posts.
Site Type: Broad
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
SITEDESC
A barrage balloon site mapped from air photographs of 1946. The mooring circle was around 50m in diameter. There were two associated buildings just to the south-east of the outer ring of posts.
A barrage balloon site mapped from air photographs of 1942. A group of three circular areas where balloons were moored. Balloons are visible on some photographs.
Site Type: Broad
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
SITEDESC
A barrage balloon site mapped from air photographs of 1942. A group of three circular areas where balloons were moored. Balloons are visible on some photographs.
A barrage balloon site mapped from air photographs of 1945. A group of three circular mooring sites each 28m in diameter and two associated buildings to the south-east.
Site Type: Broad
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
SITEDESC
A barrage balloon site mapped from air photographs of 1945. A group of three circular mooring sites each 28m in diameter and two associated buildings to the south-east.