Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Coal Depot on the Townley Main Wagonway (HER ref. 3317).
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Depot on the Townley Main Wagonway, (SMR 3317).
Site Name
Ryton, Coal Depot
Site Type: Specific
Coal Depot
HER Number
3318
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3318 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3314
DAY1
09
DAY2
23
District
Gateshead
Easting
417630
EASTING2
1430
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
563850
NORTHING2
6388
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryton
Description
Historic map evidence shows the course of the Townley Main Wagonway from Townley Main Colliery (HER ref. 3314) to Stella Staith (HER ref. 3414).
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Townley Main Wagonway ran from Townley Main Colliery, (SMR 3314), to Stella Staith, (SMR 3414). The cutting of the waggonway was noted during a watching brief by AAG Archaeology in 2010 immediately south of South Close, Ryton. Several iron rail fragments were also recovered.
Site Name
Townley Main Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
3317
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3317 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1; AAG Archaeology, 2010, Land adjacent to 2 South Close, Ryton - Archaeological Watching Brief; TWM, 2013, Site 285, land to the north of A695, Ryton - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3292
DAY1
09
District
Gateshead
Easting
415390
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564980
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryton
Description
Ryton Station was built on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (HER ref. 3292).
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Ryton Station, on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, (SMR 3292).
Site Name
Ryton Station
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
HER Number
3316
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3316 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
09
DAY2
29
District
Gateshead
Easting
414660
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 16 SW 40
Northing
563430
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Ryton
Description
This short length of wagonway is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856. It may have been part of the Ryton Woodside Branch of the Crawcrook Wagonway. A Plan of Coomb Hills Farm at Woodside from 1795 shows that the Ryton Woodside Way bore north to meet the Crawcrook Way at Barmoor (see HER ref. 1806). The extant embankment west of Woodside Lane therefore did not belong to it but to the iron railway built in 1836 for the new Glebe Pit.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
A short length of wagonway, marked as "Old" on the 1st edition OS mapping, so probably out of use by 1856. This may have been part of the Ryton Woodside Branch of the Crawcrook Wagonway {1}. A Plan of Coomb Hills Farm at Woodside from 1795 shows that the Ryton Woodside Way bore north to meet the Crawcrook Way at Barmoor (see SMR 1806). The extant embankment west of Woodside Lane [presumably this site?] therefore did not belong to it but to the iron railway built in 1836 for the new Glebe Pit {3}. Alan Williams mentions a line on Gibson's map 1787 taking a route to the north of Stella Grand-Lease Way (HER5960) which he calls Stella Grand-Lease Way to Ryton Moor.
Site Name
Ryton, Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
3315
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3315 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 2, Map C and Plan 50
M. Fleck, 1795, A Plan of Coomb Hills Farm etc at Woodside -Durham Records Office EP/Ryt 2/6; 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 69A) 155, 171; Gibson's Map of the Collieries, 1787
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3317
DAY1
09
DAY2
30
District
Gateshead
Easting
414380
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563900
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryton
Description
Townley Main Colliery was served by the Townley Main Wagonway, (SMR 3317), which linked to it. The 1st edition OS mapping shows the Emma Pit, a gasometer and smithy in the complex. Opened 1845 and closed April 1968. Owned by the Stella Coal Co in the 1850s, and from 1947 the National Coal Board. Whellan reported that in 1894 the colliery produced 550 tons of coal per day.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Townley Main Colliery was served by the Townley Main Wagonway, (SMR 3317), which linked to it. The 1st edition OS mapping shows the Emma Pit, a gasometer and smithy in the complex. Opened 1845 and closed April 1968. Owned by the Stella Coal Co in the 1850s, and from 1947 the National Coal Board. Whellan reported that in 1894 the colliery produced 550 tons of coal per day.
Site Name
Townley Main Colliery (Emma Colliery)
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3314
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3314 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2005
English, British
ADDITINF
n
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3231
DAY1
21
District
Sunderland
Easting
434370
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
549850
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1850. Now demolished. A residential home to the east of this house built in the 1970s is called Myre Hall.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1850. Now demolished. A residential home to the east of this house built in the 1970s is called Myre Hall.
Site Name
Myre Hall, Nesham Place
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
HER Number
3313
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey first edition 1850
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
09
District
Gateshead
Easting
414100
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564010
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry.
Site Name
Ryton, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3312
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3312 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
09
District
Gateshead
Easting
414460
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564410
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Clay Pit at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Clay Pit.
Site Name
Ryton, Clay Pit
Site Type: Specific
Clay Pit
HER Number
3311
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3311 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
09
District
Gateshead
Easting
413990
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562600
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Greenside
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry.
Site Name
Low Greenside, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3310
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3310 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
09
District
Gateshead
Easting
413990
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562670
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Greenside
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry.
Site Name
Low Greenside, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3309
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3309 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 1