Barmston, Crane

HER Number

3065

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Barmston, Crane

Place

Barmston

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Lifting and Winding Structure

Site Type: Specific

Crane

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Crane at this location on the north bank of the Wear. This may have been associated with the nearby Barmston Forge.

Easting

433490

Northing

555990

Grid Reference

NZ433490555990

Sources

<< HER 3065 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13