English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
421650
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557720
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Tinkler Row Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Tinkler Row Quarry.
Site Name
Tinkler Row Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3755
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3755 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
421700
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557760
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Ravensworth, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3754
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3754 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
421720
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558040
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Ravensworth, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3753
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3753 >>
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
421730
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558460
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Ravensworth, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3752
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3752 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
423060
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558280
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mining Industry Site
SITEDESC
A Shaft, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Ravensworth, Shaft
Site Type: Specific
Mine Shaft
HER Number
3751
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3751 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
423800
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558630
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Ravensworth, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3750
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3750 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
3741
DAY1
18
DAY2
23
District
Gateshead
Easting
423450
EASTING2
2701
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MAP2
NZ26SE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
562170
NORTHING2
5749
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Ravensworth
Description
A Wagonway. Marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, it was probably out of use by 1857. It was either a branch of the Team Colliery Wagonway or part of its original line. The Ravensworth branch of the Teams Wagonway terminated to the north east of Old Ravensworth in the vicinity of Ravensworth Park Farm. In use by 1670 serving Lidell's coal pits on the western side of Team Valley. Bennett, Clavering and Round (source {2}) refer to a wagonway serving, inter alia, a colliery or collieries "1/2m SW of Old Ravensworth" by 1752 {3}. The first Team waggonway opened in 1670 and lead to staiths at Team, probably from a railhead near Cow Close Mill (now Close House). Owned by Sir Thomas Liddell, he planned to combine the waggonway with a complex pumping scheme to drain several hundred acres in the low-lying Team Valley and the slopes of the Ravensworth ridge that overlooked it. However, the catchment area was too small to power the pumps so a long and circuitous leat, called “The Trench” was built to tap into the Black Burn. The coal mill comprised three wheels that drove a battery of pumps in several interlinked shafts, operated by enormous timber transmission shafts and cog-and-rung gearing; this must have been the most ambitious use of water power in the coalfield. The original Team Way lay entirely west of the river and headed firmly southwards. Its earliest extension, which has left no trace, was laid to Kibblesworth and survived at least until 1750. However, it is unknown whether its route from Cow Close to the Town Fields, west of the village, was laid.
The waggonway was extended into Robin’s Wood to a terminus called “Cocksclose” sometime between 1711 and 1723 when a new colliery opened in High Park. A number of branches also developed to the east of the Team as it was easily bridged. These exploited the western face of the Gateshead ridge. The first eastern branch crossed the stream into Derwent Crook, perhaps as early as the 1680s. Coal was worked here in 1740 by Claughton who was barred from using the Team Way and who probably sought an outlet over Gateshead Fell. A branch was rebuilt from Derwent Crook and Breckenbeds to the Team Way in the later 18th century, perhaps between 1756-68, and was still open in the 1840s. This branch had once reached Low Fell, but by 1812 had been cut back to Low Moor near the Team. A quite distinct branch to the Team Way seems to have been laid for the Chow Dene sinking of 1746.
The main crossing of the Team, upstream, was already open by March 1726 and was destined to become the main line of the Team Waggonway. In 1726 it reached Aller Dene Colliery and was spreading fingers up the hillside. By 1812 the line reached its greatest extent, running to the limit of the Liddell’s Lamesley estate. By this time Team staith had long been abandoned, and outlets sought on the lower Tyne. The coal mill of 1670 may have survived until 1750 when a Newcomen engine was installed at Ravensworth.
A portion survives at NZ2392858678 and was added to the Gateshead local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'Earthwork remains of a wagonway and coal pits in Robin’s Wood, Ravensworth. Associated with the Team Colliery Wagonway, which was built by Sir Thomas Liddell in the late 1600s.'
SITEASS
Staith at Team Gut
Leat from The Trench visible between Coach Road and the Western Bypass (NZ 2397 5913)
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
A Wagonway. Marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, it was probably out of use by 1857. It was either a branch of the Team Colliery Wagonway or part of its original line. The Ravensworth branch of the Teams Wagonway terminated to the north east of Old Ravensworth in the vicinity of Ravensworth Park Farm. In use by 1670 serving Lidell's coal pits on the western side of Team Valley. Bennett, Clavering and Round (source {2}) refer to a wagonway serving, inter alia, a colliery or collieries "1/2m SW of Old Ravensworth" by 1752 {3}. The first Team waggonway opened in 1670 and lead to staiths at Team, probably from a railhead near Cow Close Mill (now Close House). Owned by Sir Thomas Liddell, he planned to combine the waggonway with a complex pumping scheme to drain several hundred acres in the low-lying Team Valley and the slopes of the Ravensworth ridge that overlooked it. However, the catchment area was too small to power the pumps so a long and circuitous leat, called “The Trench” was built to tap into the Black Burn. The coal mill comprised three wheels that drove a battery of pumps in several interlinked shafts, operated by enormous timber transmission shafts and cog-and-rung gearing; this must have been the most ambitious use of water power in the coalfield. The original Team Way lay entirely west of the river and headed firmly southwards. Its earliest extension, which has left no trace, was laid to Kibblesworth and survived at least until 1750. However, it is unknown whether its route from Cow Close to the Town Fields, west of the village, was laid.
The waggonway was extended into Robin’s Wood to a terminus called “Cocksclose” sometime between 1711 and 1723 when a new colliery opened in High Park. A number of branches also developed to the east of the Team as it was easily bridged. These exploited the western face of the Gateshead ridge. The first eastern branch crossed the stream into Derwent Crook, perhaps as early as the 1680s. Coal was worked here in 1740 by Claughton who was barred from using the Team Way and who probably sought an outlet over Gateshead Fell. A branch was rebuilt from Derwent Crook and Breckenbeds to the Team Way in the later 18th century, perhaps between 1756-68, and was still open in the 1840s. This branch had once reached Low Fell, but by 1812 had been cut back to Low Moor near the Team. A quite distinct branch to the Team Way seems to have been laid for the Chow Dene sinking of 1746.
The main crossing of the Team, upstream, was already open by March 1726 and was destined to become the main line of the Team Waggonway. In 1726 it reached Aller Dene Colliery and was spreading fingers up the hillside. By 1812 the line reached its greatest extent, running to the limit of the Liddell’s Lamesley estate. By this time Team staith had long been abandoned, and outlets sought on the lower Tyne. The coal mill of 1670 may have survived until 1750 when a Newcomen engine was installed at Ravensworth.
A portion survives at NZ2392858678 and was added to the Gateshead local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'Earthwork remains of a wagonway and coal pits in Robin’s Wood, Ravensworth. Associated with the Team Colliery Wagonway, which was built by Sir Thomas Liddell in the late 1600s.'
Site Name
Team Way, Former Wagonway and Coal Pits in Robin's Wood
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
3749
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3749 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 65-9, vol 2, 7
I. Ayris, 1993, Ravensworth Grange - railway and wagonway remains - letter to Steve Speak
G. Bennett, E. Clavering & A. Rounding, 1990, A Fighting Trade - Rail Transport in Tyne Coal 1600-1800
G. Sinclair, 1672, The Hydrostaticks, p 298-9
Publications of the Surtees Society, 197, 53, 60, 93-4, 234
F. Manders, History of Gateshead, p 132
Gateshead Library Local Studies, GPL G/CK6/14
Gateshead Library Local Studies, GPL G/Ellison C 17/1, A 35/40
S. Miller, The establishment of the R W C Bulletin of the Durham County Local History Society, 26
Northumberland Records Office, Unthank 36c
Durham Records Office, D/St/B/5/29
Waggonways on South Bank of Tyne, Durham Records Office, D/St/P17/2
Plan of the Collieries on the Rivers Tyne and Wear, Gateshead Library Local Studies, GPL CAB A1/10
W. Casson, 1801, Plan showing Collieries and Waggonways on the rivers Tyne and Wear, Gateshead Library Local Studies, GPL CAB A1/4
R.L. Galloway, 1898, of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade, volume 1, p 373 pp 373-4
Waggonways and Railways of North-West Durham, Durham Records Office, D/CG 6/1435
J.T.W. Bell, 1843, The Great Northern Coalfield, 2nd series
Team Way at Team Colliery Eighton, Gateshead Library Local Studies, GPL BP 1/83
A. Williams, 2004, A Fighting Trade - Review and mapping of routes; unpublished document for Tyne & Wear Heritage Environment Record; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 54) 155, 169; TWAS DT.BEL/2/183 c.1728 Map of Gateshead
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2024
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
423930
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558940
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Ravensworth, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3748
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3748 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
421510
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
558740
NORTHING2
0
parish
Lamesley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ravensworth
Description
This Coal Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Shaft, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Burdon Moor, Coal Shaft
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3747
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3747 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
18
District
Gateshead
Easting
421810
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559170
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
This coal pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Whickham, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3746
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3746 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994