Willington, Wagonway
Willington, Wagonway
HER Number
1167
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Willington, Wagonway
Place
Willington
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A possible old wagonway through Willington appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, but is not marked as such. This is probably the line of part of the original Willington Wagonway, built around 1762, eventually superseded by HER ref. 1164 to the west, c.1820.
Easting
431700
Northing
567910
Grid Reference
NZ431700567910
Sources
<< HER 1167 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.211-212
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.211-212