Birtley, Wagonway

HER Number

3908

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Wagonway

Place

Birtley

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

A ">" shaped section of wagonway, which may have been two lines converging, is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

427450

Northing

556680

Grid Reference

NZ427450556680

Sources

<< HER 3908 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7