Usworth, Wagonway

HER Number

2606

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Wagonway

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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 connecting Usworth Quarry (HER ref. 2604) and Usworth Colliery (HER ref. 2607) to the North Eastern Railway (HER ref. 2625).

Easting

431720

Northing

558810

Grid Reference

NZ431720558810

Sources

<< HER 2606 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7