Dinnington Wagonway

HER Number

1087

District

Newcastle and N Tyneside

Site Name

Dinnington Wagonway

Place

Dinnington

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A link line from Dinnington Colliery to the former Brunton & Shields/Fawdon Wagonway (HER ref. 1078) from Dinnington Colliery, which opened in 1867. May have been the catalyst for upgrading the whole of what had become the Seaton Burn Wagonway to standard gauge. Dinnington Colliery closed in 1960.

Easting

422830

Northing

572690

Grid Reference

NZ422830572690

Sources

<< HER 1087 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE