Jockey Dike Nook, Battery
Jockey Dike Nook, Battery
HER Number
4418
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Jockey Dike Nook, Battery
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Battery
Site Type: Specific
Battery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In 1745 a battery of four guns was built on a stretch called Jockey Dike Nook. This battery washed away in 1780.
Easting
441010
Northing
557510
Grid Reference
NZ441010557510
Sources
<< HER 4418 >> Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 37
G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15
J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85
G. McCombie, 1997, The Development of Sunderland Town Moor, p 15
J.W. Summers, 1858, The History of Sunderland, p 76-85