Harraton, General Lambton's Railway
Harraton, General Lambton's Railway
HER Number
17096
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Harraton, General Lambton's Railway
Place
Harraton
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
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
This waggonway is shown and named on Gibson’s 1787 map of the Coalfield. It ran from Harraton to the north bank of the River Wear at Chartershaugh.
Easting
428220
Northing
555110
Grid Reference
NZ428220555110
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 75a-b); Gibson's Map of Coalfield 1787