Beamish Burn, wooden bridge
Beamish Burn, wooden bridge
HER Number
6965
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Beamish Burn, wooden bridge
Place
Beamish Burn
Map Sheet
NZ25SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Footbridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Would have given access to the workers living in cottages (HER 6968) to the Paper Mill on the Durham side of the river.
Easting
423096
Northing
553912
Grid Reference
NZ423096553912
Sources
Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850