Walker, Wagonway

HER Number

4263

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Wagonway

Place

Walker

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

This Wagonway from Walker Colliery Jane Pit (HER ref. 4200) to the Tyne, via the Coke Ovens (HER ref. 4262) is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

429770

Northing

563870

Grid Reference

NZ429770563870

Sources

<< HER 4263 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98