Blaydon Main Wagonway
Blaydon Main Wagonway
HER Number
3442
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Main Wagonway
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the course of Blaydon Main Wagonway from Blaydon Main Colliery (HER ref. 3439) to Blaydon Wagonway, with an Engine Shed (HER ref. 3446).
Easting
419610
Northing
563250
Grid Reference
NZ419610563250
Sources
<< HER 3442 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 180-1
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 180-1