Wallsend, Waggonway to Coal Staiths

HER Number

15384

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Waggonway to Coal Staiths

Place

Wallsend

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 waggonway to coal spouts on the riverside, serving Wallsend pits.

Easting

430220

Northing

566260

Grid Reference

NZ430220566260

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