Customs House Quay, wooden dolly 2

HER Number

5961

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Customs House Quay, wooden dolly 2

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Statue

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

The second wooden dolly was placed at Custom's House Quay by a Mr. Hare, sailmaker around 1850. It is thought also to have been a ship's figurehead, but nothing else is known of its origin. She stood on the spot until 1864.

Easting

435830

Northing

568200

Grid Reference

NZ435830568200

Sources

Keith Armstrong (ed.), 1994, The Wooden Dolly - the story of the North Shields Wooden Dolly