Heworth, Wagonway
Heworth, Wagonway
HER Number
3889
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Heworth, Wagonway
Place
Heworth
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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 course of a Wagonway which was probably serving Upper Heworth Colliery (HER ref. 3890).
Easting
428360
Northing
560440
Grid Reference
NZ428360560440
Sources
<< HER 3889 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear