Oxclose Wagonway

HER Number

3028

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Oxclose Wagonway

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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

Oxclose Wagonway ran from Oxclose Colliery (HER ref. 3003) to the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Railway (HER ref. 2290).

Easting

429530

Northing

556080

Grid Reference

NZ429530556080

Sources

<< HER 3028 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13