Backworth Colliery Railway, Church Pit Branch
Backworth Colliery Railway, Church Pit Branch
HER Number
2171
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Backworth Colliery Railway, Church Pit Branch
Place
Backworth
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Backworth Colliery Railway (Church Pit Branch), from Earsdon Colliery (HER ref. 1114) to a junction with the East Holywell Colliery Railway (HER ref. 1051). This also served the Abbey Shot Factory (HER ref. 2172) and was built after 1858. A portion of rail is visible within a tarmac road at NZ 3100 7180. The remainder of the route has been covered by colliery waste and may survive.
Easting
431610
Northing
572370
Grid Reference
NZ431610572370
Sources
<< HER 2171 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW
2000, Moor Edge Farm, Archaeological Assessment -Historic Environment Record; John Elliott & Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways
2000, Moor Edge Farm, Archaeological Assessment -Historic Environment Record; John Elliott & Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways