Tyne and Wear HER(2651): South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard - Details
2651
Sunderland
South Hylton, The Leopard Shipbuilding Yard
South Hylton
NZ35NE
Maritime
Marine Construction Site
Shipyard
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A shipbuilding yard is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as an irregularly shaped yard, running into an inturn in the valley edge on the north side of South Hylton. The Leopard public house projects into the yard from the north. Other than two very small structures on the northern boundary of the yard and a crane, no facilities are shown. By the time of the Second Edition Ordnance Survey plan the yard had closed.
3516
5703
NZ35165703
<< HER 2651 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1896