The Mill Dam of the Team Valley Paper Mills (HER19074) is shown on the Ordnance Survey six inch map of 1862 (Durham Sheet VI), and in greater detail on the Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plan of 1896 (Sheet 129). It was located in the centre of the site and fed by the Mill Lead (HER19076). The site appears to have gone out of use in the 1960s and is now sports pitches.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
The Mill Dam of the Team Valley Paper Mills (HER19074) is shown on the Ordnance Survey six inch map of 1862 (Durham Sheet VI), and in greater detail on the Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plan of 1896 (Sheet 129). It was located in the centre of the site and fed by the Mill Lead (HER19076). The site appears to have gone out of use in the 1960s and is now sports pitches.
Site Name
Team Valley Paper Mills, Mill Dam
Site Type: Specific
Mill Dam
HER Number
19075
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
YEAR1
2022
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Rachel Grahame
CONDITION
Destroyed
Crossref
19075, 19076
DAY1
21
District
Gateshead
Easting
423779
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Recreational Usage
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561819
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Teams
Description
The Team Valley Paper Mills is shown on the Ordnance Survey six inch map of 1862 (Durham Sheet VI), and in greater detail on the Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plan of 1896 (Sheet 129). Two large buildings with chimneys dominated the northwest and southwest sides of the site, enclosing a number of smaller buildings and a Mill Dam (HER19075). To the southeast was the Mill Lead (HER19076), looping around allotments and terraced housing. The site appears to have gone out of use in the 1960s and is now sports pitches.
Durham County Record Office holds some records comprising a letter book, purchase journal, cash book, wages book, sales journals, deeds, plans, etc dated 1895-1963 (Reference D/TVP NRA catalogue reference NRA 35658 Team). The northern part of the site can be seen on the bottom of aerial photos held by http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/.
Site Type: Broad
Paper Industry Site
SITEDESC
The Team Valley Paper Mills is shown on the Ordnance Survey six inch map of 1862 (Durham Sheet VI), and in greater detail on the Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plan of 1896 (Sheet 129). Two large buildings with chimneys dominated the northwest and southwest sides of the site, enclosing a number of smaller buildings and a Mill Dam (HER19075). To the southeast was the Mill Lead (HER19076), looping around allotments and terraced housing. The site appears to have gone out of use in the 1960s and is now sports pitches.
Durham County Record Office holds some records comprising a letter book, purchase journal, cash book, wages book, sales journals, deeds, plans, etc dated 1895-1963 (Reference D/TVP NRA catalogue reference NRA 35658 Team). The northern part of the site can be seen on the bottom of aerial photos held by http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/.
A semi-circular gully which may have been a drip eves gully for a small structure or a heavily truncated, and much smaller, barrow. The gully was heavily truncated by a plough furrow. The feature measured 0.30m to 0.40m in width and 0.10m to 0.15m in depth. Two fills were identified one of which contained a flint fragment.
A trackway partially truncated by furrows which was identified by a geophysical survey as a pit alignment. The feature measured c.10.5m in width, c. 0.2m in depth and over 50m long. The track is described as being uniformly filled with a lower fill of light white-grey silty sand and an upper fill of dark grey-brown silty sand. A series of worked flints including tanged and barbed arrowheads and scrapers were obtained from the trackway fills, these have been dated to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Several pits and post-holes were identified cut into the trackway. The trackway may have formed part of the site’s wider burial landscape and is likely to be associated with two nearby barrows.
The south round barrow ditch measured c.1m in width and c.0.2-0.3m in depth due to truncation. The ditch fill was homogenous and comprised of mid-brown sandy silt with frequent rounded pebble inclusions. Two slots were excavate at the site of two possible terminals which may have formed an entrance into the barrow structure, however, this could not be confirmed due to the level of truncation. Three worked flints were recovered from the barrow ditch which are provisionally dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. A sub-oval U-shaped burial pit which measured 0.45m by 0.51m was identified at the centre of the barrow. This contained a cremation burial comprised of substantial quantities of calcined and carbonised bone fragments within a dark greyish black sandy silt matrix. No associated vessel and or pottery was recovered from this burial.
The northern barrow measured c.17m in diameter, the barrow ditch measured c.1m in width and between c.0.2m to c.0.45m in depth with a rounded U-shaped profile. The ditch fill is described as a mid-orange-brown silty sand, with some indications of a primary fill of light yellow-brown silt. Possible ditch terminals were identified which could have formed the entrance to the barrow. The northernmost burial comprised of a pit which measured c.0.4m in diameter with a U-shaped profile. The pit contained a primary and secondary cremation. The central burial also comprised of a circular U-shaped pit which measured c.0.62m across. The fill was a dark grey-brown sandy silt associated with a possible heat-affected dark red-brown clayey silt deposit. Both of these fills contained the remains of a cremation. The southern most burial was located within a sub-circular U-shaped pit which measured c.0.6m across and 0.41m deep. A Bronze Age Collared Urn was identified within this pit, it has been deposited on its base. The Collared Urn, measured 0.41m tall, 0.3m at the mouth, 0.34m at the collar and 0.3m at the neck. Cord was found to have been pressed across the collar for decoration.
The earliest reference to 31 Holmeside has been identified in Kelly’s Trade Directory for the County of Durham in 1910 where the building is listed as Maynards Limited, Confectioners. The last reference to the building being used as a confectioner is from 1935, although there is a gap in the archive between then and 1952. The building was subsequently owned by ED Walker & Wilson between 1952 and 1963. From the 1980s, the building has been used as a public house. The single-storey brick building is associated with an embellished art deco / neo classical façade located on the north facing gable. In the middle of the arch there is a stylised badge of the American singer Frank Sinatra.
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
The earliest reference to 31 Holmeside has been identified in Kelly’s Trade Directory for the County of Durham in 1910 where the building is listed as Maynards Limited, Confectioners. The last reference to the building being used as a confectioner is from 1935, although there is a gap in the archive between then and 1952. The building was subsequently owned by ED Walker & Wilson between 1952 and 1963. From the 1980s, the building has been used as a public house. The single-storey brick building is associated with an embellished art deco / neo classical façade located on the north facing gable. In the middle of the arch there is a stylised badge of the American singer Frank Sinatra.
Site Name
Sinatra's, 31 Holmeside
Site Type: Specific
Confectioners Shop
HER Number
19069
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Sources
AB Heritage, 2022, Holmeside, Sunderland: Level 2 Historic Building Recording
YEAR1
2022
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Rachel Grahame
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
11499, 5028
DAY1
06
District
Newcastle
Easting
417458
Grid ref figure
10
MONTH1
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566255
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Walbottle
Description
This sub-square feature was identified by a member of the public via LiDAR and aerial photography. It consists of a rough square of flattened ground measuring approximately 35m by 35m, within a field of medieval ridge and furrow (HER 11499) lying between Walbottle and Blucher. It is aligned northeast-southwest, in line with the ridge and furrow, and its western and eastern boundaries correspond with furrows whilst the northern and southern boundaries cut across them.
The feature clearly cuts and respects the ridge and furrow and therefore must post-date it, but its function is unclear. It may be a sports pitch for a game such as knurr and spell, where the ground is marked out with wooden markers every 20 yards, or associated with Walbottle Hall (HER 5028). It has not been identified on any historic Ordnance Survey mapping.
Site Type: Broad
Sports Ground
SITEDESC
This sub-square feature was identified by a member of the public via LiDAR and aerial photography. It consists of a rough square of flattened ground measuring approximately 35m by 35m, within a field of medieval ridge and furrow (HER 11499) lying between Walbottle and Blucher. It is aligned northeast-southwest, in line with the ridge and furrow, and its western and eastern boundaries correspond with furrows whilst the northern and southern boundaries cut across them.
The feature clearly cuts and respects the ridge and furrow and therefore must post-date it, but its function is unclear. It may be a sports pitch for a game such as knurr and spell, where the ground is marked out with wooden markers every 20 yards, or associated with Walbottle Hall (HER 5028). It has not been identified on any historic Ordnance Survey mapping.
Site Name
North of pumping station
Site Type: Specific
Sports Ground
HER Number
19068
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Sources
pers comm
YEAR1
2022
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Sophie Laidler
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
2313
DAY1
18
DAY2
15
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435277
Grid ref figure
10
LANDUSE
Thoroughfare
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562509
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newton Garths
Description
This tunnel is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1862. It carried a farm track from Newton Garths Farm to the northeast (HER5482) under the embankment of the NER Newton Garths Branch (HER 2313).
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
This tunnel is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1862. It carried a farm track from Newton Garths Farm to the northeast (HER5482) under the embankment of the NER Newton Garths Branch (HER 2313).
A plot of 19th century shops and houses located south of Keel Square, Sunderland. The buildings are shown on the 1858 1st edition Ordnance Survey mapping. The buildings are shown to have been associated with yards and outbuildings such as stables, coal sheds and toilets. A smithy and warehouse are noted in the south west corner. Elements of the 19th century buildings are noted to have survived successive remodelling. The buildings were recorded in advance of demolition.
Site Type: Broad
Urban Space
SITEDESC
A plot of 19th century shops and houses located south of Keel Square, Sunderland. The buildings are shown on the 1858 1st edition Ordnance Survey mapping. The buildings are shown to have been associated with yards and outbuildings such as stables, coal sheds and toilets. A smithy and warehouse are noted in the south west corner. Elements of the 19th century buildings are noted to have survived successive remodelling. The buildings were recorded in advance of demolition.
Site Name
278-284 High Street West
Site Type: Specific
Urban Space
HER Number
19066
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2022, 278-284 High Street West, Sunderland: archaeological building recording, ASDU report 5785