Barmston, staith and spout

HER Number

6444

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Barmston, staith and spout

Place

Barmston

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Coxgreen and Barmston were key points on the River Wear from which coal was loaded onto keels to be taken downriver from at least the beginning of the 18th century. Substantial staiths and spouts are recorded on Burleigh and Thompson's map of 1737. On this map it is recorded a "staith and spout" belonging to Mr Donnison. A wagonway running NW to SE serviced the staith (HER 3174).

Easting

432500

Northing

555200

Grid Reference

NZ432500555200

Sources

Tyne and Wear Museums, 1999, Barmston and Coxgreen, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment; Burleigh and Thompson, 1737, Extract plan of the River Wear; J.T. Taylor, 1852, The Archaeology of the Coal Trade, Archaeological Institute of Great Britain, Vol 1, p 161