Frenchman's Bay, army camp

HER Number

6816

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Frenchman's Bay, army camp

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Camp

Site Type: Specific

Army Camp

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

There is a photograph dating to 1905 of an army camp of the 1st East Riding Yorkshire regiment at Frenchman's Bay.

Easting

439000

Northing

566000

Grid Reference

NZ439000566000

Sources

<< HER 6816 >> South Tyneside Libraries, 1991, Pictures of Old Marsden - the Village that Vanished, p 11