1948 January and February, “Notes and News: Duke of Wellington's Early Railway Journey”, inRailway Magazine, pages55–56:
The train then proceeded along the wagonway in the direction of theWear.[…] The ladies remained at the house, while the men walked to the staith on theWear, and were shown the process of unloading the wagons into the keels by means of the coal-drop.
^ James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The Brittonic Language in the Old North