Low Eighton, possible wagonway

HER Number

4124

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Low Eighton, possible wagonway

Place

Low Eighton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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

Probably the line of an old wagonway between Team Colliery and Street Pit, possibly part of the original line of the Team Wagonway. The line does not appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

426590

Northing

557840

Grid Reference

NZ426590557840

Sources

<< HER 4124 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7