Springwell Staiths

HER Number

2253

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Springwell Staiths

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These staiths formed the northern terminus of the east branch of the Pontop & Jarrow Railway (HER ref. 2205). They are not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so they must have fallen out of use by 1895.

Easting

432990

Northing

565830

Grid Reference

NZ432990565830

Sources

<< HER 2253 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3