Ryhope, Acorn

HER Number

14296

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, Acorn

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

1824 incident in which an English cargo vessel grounded near Ryhope, to be recovered a few weeks later. Laden with timber, she was a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

441000

Northing

552000

Grid Reference

NZ441000552000

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 938668; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 28-DEC-1824, No.5972; Newcastle Courant 25-DEC-1824, No.7733 Page 4; Durham County Advertiser 01-JAN-1825, No.539 Page 4; Newcastle Courant 15-JAN-1825, No.7736 Page 4