Barmston, Wagonway

HER Number

3057

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Barmston, Wagonway

Place

Barmston

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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 is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was out of use by 1858. It may represent the original line of the Washington Wagonway (HER ref. 2642).

Easting

431730

Northing

555610

Grid Reference

NZ431730555610

Sources

<< HER 3057 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13