Little Grindstone Way
Little Grindstone Way
HER Number
17086
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Little Grindstone Way
Place
Heworth
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
A wagonway branching from High Heworth Way (HER 3827) and carrying grindstones to Grindstone Quay at the western end of Heworth Shore is shown on a plan of 1768.
Easting
428340
Northing
562870
Grid Reference
NZ428340562870
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 44a) 158, 169; DUL: Dean and Chapter Estate Plan of 1768 (13631)