Fair Pit to Walker Staiths Wagonway

HER Number

4266

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Fair Pit to Walker Staiths Wagonway

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

A waggonway running from Fair Pit to join with Walker Waggonway (HER 4185).

Easting

429050

Northing

565840

Grid Reference

NZ429050565840

Sources

<< HER 4266 >> 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