Wagonway from East Pit

HER Number

4265

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Wagonway from East Pit

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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 is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1858. It joined East Pit (HER ref. 4215) to a wagonway (HER ref. 4266).

Easting

429620

Northing

565470

Grid Reference

NZ429620565470

Sources

<< HER 4265 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12