Willington Quay Waggonway

HER Number

15381

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay Waggonway

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

Staiths at Willington Quay. Shown on an un-sourced map in Turnbull 2012 (route 15) and on Bell 1847.

Easting

432040

Northing

566770

Grid Reference

NZ432040566770

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2012 Railways Before George Stephenson, route 15; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland