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Parish of Tynemouth Township of
Sheet 33

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Ballast Hill	Ballast Hill	Mr. R. Riddell	4 chains S. of the	A large hill of Gravel made
	Ballast Hill	Mr. H. Johnston	South end of	from the Ballast of Ships
	Ballast Hill	Mr. J. Maxwell	Milbourne Place	coming into the River Tyne
		Inn Keeper Brunswick		for Coal The property of
		Place		Mr. Lawson

Limekiln Shore	Limekiln Shore	Williams Directory	on the East	The shore so called from the
	Limekiln Shore	Calverts Plan of Shields	side of	New Dock to Coble Dean
	Limekiln Shore	Mr. R. Riddell	Ballast Hill	all the buildings along the
		Inn Keeper Milbourn Place		place are called Limekiln
				Shore

Burdon Main	Burdon Main Old Waggon Way	Mr. R. Riddell	3 Chains N.E.	This was formerly a Waggon way
Old Waggon Way	Burdon Main Old Waggon Way	Mr. H. Johnston	of Rising Sun	for conveying coal from the old
	Burdon Main Old Waggon Way	Mr. J. Maxwell	PH	pit to the River Tyne
				The Buildings along Both
				sides of this Road are
				called The Old Waggon
				Way

				Wm Henderson C.a.

Note: This 1857 Name Book has 6 columns; recommended forms are shown here but not provisional Names.Â

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