Harraton, Humble's waggonway, Branch to Black Fell
Harraton, Humble's waggonway, Branch to Black Fell
HER Number
17097
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Harraton, Humble's waggonway, Branch to Black Fell
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
Humble’s Waggonway, running from coal pits on Birtley Common to a staith at Fatfield, was established in 1741. By 1754, it was being used by Thomas Donnison to carry coal from South Birtley Colliery. A branch to Black Fell was established before 1787 (it is shown on Gibson’s map of 1787).
Easting
428490
Northing
555730
Grid Reference
NZ428490555730
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 77b) p161 & 172; Gibson's Map of Coalfield 1787; casson's map of coalfield, 1801; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019, Former Ayton School, Washington, Tyne and Wear, Desk-based assessment report 5138