Fulwell, Wagonway

HER Number

2676

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fulwell, Wagonway

Place

Fulwell

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

This wagonway connected a limestone quarry (HER ref. 2675) to the Wear Lime Works (HER ref. 2679). Haulage was provided by an engine (HER ref. 2677) and a windlass (HER ref. 2678). The line was probably built between c.1790-1800.

Easting

438040

Northing

559950

Grid Reference

NZ438040559950

Sources

<< HER 2676 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8; N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways, p.26,27; Vindomora Solutions,2020, Land at the Former Carley Hill Primary School, Sunderland Archaeological desk-based assessment; Vindomora Solutions 2021, Land at the Former Carley Hill Primary School; Carley Hill, Sunderland, Archaeological Evaluation