Waggonway from Henry Pit to Gosforth Pit
Waggonway from Henry Pit to Gosforth Pit
HER Number
15432
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Waggonway from Henry Pit to Gosforth Pit
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
This waggonway ran south between Walker Colliery’s Henry Pit and Gosforth Pit, providing access for Henry Pit’s coal to staiths at Wincomblee via HER 4210 and eventually via route 110 to the staiths at Wallsend. Greenwood’s map of 1828 shows the line, but it is not shown on Bell 1847. The pits are shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey but the line is not.
Easting
428400
Northing
565930
Grid Reference
NZ428400565930
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Greenwood 1828: Map of Northumberland; Ordnance Survey First Edition 25"