Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... "Our staiths their mortgaged streets will soon divide Blathon own Cornewall, Stella share Cheapside." Blaydon own Cornhill is probably intended by the writer. During the 17th and 18th centuries, several staiths were erected at Blaydon, but in the coal trade it never possessed the commercial importance that Stella did, and at the beginning of the present century the staiths at Blaydon fell into disuse. In the year 1749, there stood between Stella Burn mouth and the "Bogle Hole," a distance of only three hundred and thirty yards, the staiths belonging to Lord Widdrington, Mr. Morton and partners, Sir T. Clavering, Mrs. Newton, Sir W. Blackett, Mr. Jennison, Lionel Vane, Esq., Mr. Davison, Mr. Rodger, Mr. Snow, Mr. Emerson, and Miss Jenny Hunter. In the year 1784, a number of the staiths had disappeared. On the west side of the southern bend of the river, near to the present saw mills, was the Grand Moor staith, and eastward was the Whitefield staith. The west staiths have not only been abandoned, but even the water-course by which the keels were taken for coals, has been filled up. An old warehouse still marks the situation of the west staiths. There were three principal waggon ways by which the coals were taken to Stella. The Coalburns way brought the coals from Hedley Fell, Chopwell, and Coalburns. The Grand Lease, or Moor way, brought them from Ryton, Woodside, and the Bare (Bar) Moor. The Cowclose way brought them from the Strothers, Greenside and Cowclose. Another waggon way carried the coals from French's Close, Kyo, Bradley Moor, and Crawcrook, to the staiths on the side of the river opposite to Newburn. Another waggon way was that afterwards used in carrying the coals from the A, B, and C Pits to the Towneley staith. These coals...