Black Middens, Mary and Eliza

HER Number

14183

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Mary and Eliza

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1821 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded and bilged on the Black Middens on her arrival at Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Oporto. Laden with wine, fruit, onions, and cork, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 06-NOV-1821, No.5642; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 13-NOV-1821, No.5644; Durham County Advertiser 10-NOV-1821, No.375 Page(s)3; Newcastle Courant 10-NOV-1821, No.7570 Page(s)4; Durham County Advertiser 17-NOV-1821, No.376 Page(s)3; National Monuments Record (971613)