Hebburn, Wagonway

HER Number

2532

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, Wagonway

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Wagonway, or possibly a Railway which is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was working from after 1855. This linked Hebburn Hall Quarry with Hebburn Hall Ponds (HER ref. numbers 2531 & 2532, respectively).

Easting

431500

Northing

563690

Grid Reference

NZ431500563690

Sources

<< HER 2532 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE