Crookbank Wagonway

HER Number

3698

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Crookbank Wagonway

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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

Crookbank Wagonway, marked on historic Ordnance Survey maps, ran south-east from the Pontop and Jarrow Railway (HER ref. 1007) to Crookbank Colliery (County Durham).

Easting

418494

Northing

557159

Grid Reference

NZ418494557159

Sources

<< HER 3698 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6