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The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales .
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Wallsend (/ ˌ w ɔː l z ˈ ɛ n d /) is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies 4 miles (6.5 kilometres) east of Newcastle upon Tyne .
Wallsend fort (1964 OS map) Wallsend fort plan (3rd century) Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, North Tyneside in North East England. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. It was in use for approximately 300 years from around 122 AD to almost 400.
c. October – George Airy calculates the mean density of the Earth by measuring the gravity in a coal mine in South Shields. 6 October – the great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead is ignited by a spectacular explosion. 17 October – Crimean War: Siege of Sevastopol begins. [4]
The list of ship launches in 1854 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1854. Date Country Builder Location ... G. M. Duck South Stockton: Advance:
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1854 Ship State Description Abbe United Kingdom: The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss on all on board. [1] Aigle: Austrian Empire: The yacht ran aground and was wrecked in the Danube near "Strudel". She was on a voyage from Linz to Vienna. [2] Agnes Hall United Kingdom
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1854 Ship State Description Les Deux Frères, and Volunta France United Kingdom: The West Dock at Hartlepool, County Durham was drained to a depth of 11 feet (3.4 m) to enable some masonry repairs to be done, This caused the brig Volunta to heel over and sink the lugger Les Deux Frères. Her crew escaped before ...