Jarrow, Wagonway

HER Number

2259

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Wagonway

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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 Alfred Pit in Jarrow Colliery (HER 2258) was begun by local businessman Simon Temple in 1801. The High Main Seam was reached at a depth of 128 fathoms in 1803 and the Bensham Seam in 1825. The waggonway was a short line down to Jarrow Staith (HER2260). It is shown on Casson (1801). Bell (1843) shows the waggonway branching before reaching the staith.

Easting

433170

Northing

565800

Grid Reference

NZ433170565800

Sources

<< HER 2259 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3; 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 40A); Hair, T.H., 1844, Views of the Collieries p30; Casson, 1801, Plan of the Rivers Tyne and Wear