Penshaw, Wagonway

HER Number

3613

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw, Wagonway

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the course of a possible old wagonway, perhaps part of the original line of the Painshaw Quarry Railway (HER ref. 3102).

Easting

432030

Northing

553520

Grid Reference

NZ432030553520

Sources

<< HER 3613 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227);