Hetton-le-Hole, Wagonway

HER Number

3624

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hetton-le-Hole, Wagonway

Place

Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

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 a Wagonway linked to Elemore Colliery (HER ref. 3230), probably for removing waste.

Easting

436270

Northing

546050

Grid Reference

NZ436270546050

Sources

<< HER 3624 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas