Salter's Way

HER Number

1602

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Salter's Way

Place

Warden Law

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Road

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Salter's Way, as its name implies was a trading route linking the Bishop's salt pans on the Wear with the Vale of York. Part of this routeway crosses the Stephenson route at Warden Law.

Easting

435830

Northing

555330

Grid Reference

NZ435830555330

Sources

<< HER 1602 >> L. Ellison & R. Sturgess, Sunderland Heritage Consultancy, 1988, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring and Penshaw sector of South Sunderland, Report on the Potential for Tourist and Leisure Development