Waggonway to William Pit

HER Number

15428

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Waggonway to William Pit

Place

Shiremoor

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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 waggonway running to William Pit on an extension (route 102) of the Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167). Can be seen on Watson 21/19.

Easting

431160

Northing

570730

Grid Reference

NZ431160570730

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804