Wallsend, Waggonway to George Pit

HER Number

15363

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Waggonway to George Pit

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

George Pit in Willington Colliery was linked to the Bigges Main Waggonway via the line to William Pit (HER 1128). Willington and Bigges Main Collieries were both owned by the partnership of Bell and Brown. The line is shown on Watson 19/16 of c. 1803.

Easting

428750

Northing

568170

Grid Reference

NZ428750568170

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 19/16: Estate plan of Backworth, Seghill and Burradon and colliery plan of Willington, Wallsend and Bigges Main, showing boreholes and pits and intended new winning in Seghill. Not dated