Chopwell, Wagonway

HER Number

3389

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Wagonway

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

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

This short length of wagonway is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

412640

Northing

559410

Grid Reference

NZ412640559410

Sources

<< HER 3389 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5