Gateshead, Wagonway

HER Number

3528

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Wagonway

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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 a Wagonway from Tyne Main Colliery (HER ref. 3532) to near a Ballast Hill (HER ref. 3513).

Easting

426020

Northing

563700

Grid Reference

NZ426020563700

Sources

<< HER 3528 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3