Willington, Wagonway

HER Number

1162

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington, Wagonway

Place

Willington

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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 Wagonway fron Bewick Pit (HER ref. 1161) to Bigge Pit (HER ref. 1163) is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, so was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

430670

Northing

568390

Grid Reference

NZ430670568390

Sources

<< HER 1162 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89