Penshaw, Wagonway

HER Number

3503

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw, Wagonway

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of a possible Old Wagonway. The depiction on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan suggests that it may have been associated with the Lambton Railway (HER ref. 3077) and an old engine (HER ref. 3079).

Easting

432210

Northing

554470

Grid Reference

NZ432210554470

Sources

<< HER 3503 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13