Benwell Colliery Waggonway

HER Number

15430

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell Colliery Waggonway

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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 short waggonway running east from the Benwell inclined plane (HER 4082) to the Aubone Pit. Named on a map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119). It remains on Bell’s map of 1847 but with an additional return line.

Easting

421620

Northing

563690

Grid Reference

NZ421620563690

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; Andrew Bowes Estate Plan, 1811 (Seymour Bell Collection)