Ouston and Pelaw Wagonway

HER Number

2222

District

Gateshead and S Tyneside

Site Name

Ouston and Pelaw Wagonway

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

The Ouston and Pelaw Wagonway opened between 1800 and 1812. It split into four branches north of NZ 3000 6333 to go to a number of named staiths (HER refs. 2218, 2219, 2220 & 2221). The branches to Urpeth and Eighton Moor Staiths (HER refs. 2218 & 2219) are shown as inclined planes on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan. The wagonway was. The relationship of this line to the Pelaw Main and Team Colliery wagonways is unclear.

Easting

430020

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ430020564000

Sources

<< HER 2222 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham , 3