Fawdon, Wagonway

HER Number

4006

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Fawdon, Wagonway

Place

Fawdon

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

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

The line of a possible disused wagonway, shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, is probably the Fawdon-Scotswood line which was abandoned when Fawdon Colliery was linked to the Brunton and Shields Railway in 1826/7.

Easting

422030

Northing

570040

Grid Reference

NZ422030570040

Sources

<< HER 4006 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88