Branch line to North Pit
Branch line to North Pit
HER Number
17111
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Branch line to North Pit
Place
Rainton
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
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 branch line extending from waggonway (HER 3204?) to North Pit (HER 3197) is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey. No other information.
Easting
433270
Northing
549170
Grid Reference
NZ433270549170
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, c.1858