Dunston village

HER Number:
1635

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Dunston village

Place:
Dunston

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Settlement

Site Type: Specific:
Village

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Evidence of the old riverside village settlement remains in the form of a terrace of small shops and chandlers and other buildings {1}. Described by Whelan in 1856 as a village on the River Team, where there were several coal staiths. There were chapels belonging to the Primitive, Wesleyan and New Connexion Methodists. There was a National School and a Mechanics Institute.

Easting:
233

Northing:
626

Grid Reference:
NZ233626

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1635 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area; William Whelan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham