Coalway Lane

HER Number

3633

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Coalway Lane

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Th ename of this road, together with its depiction on historic Ordnance Survey maps suggest that it may have been the line of a wagonway. However, it is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan so was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

420620

Northing

562200

Grid Reference

NZ420620562200

Sources

<< HER 3633 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6