Jarrow, Timber Ponds

HER Number

2555

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Timber Ponds

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Timber Pond

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These Timber Ponds in the south east corner of Jarrow Slake are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were working from after 1855.

Easting

434690

Northing

564960

Grid Reference

NZ434690564960

Sources

<< HER 2555 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE