Byker, Wagonway

HER Number

4176

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Wagonway

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

The full extent of this Wagonway is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It is not shown on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

427240

Northing

564470

Grid Reference

NZ427240564470

Sources

<< HER 4176 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97