Little Benton, Wagonway ?

Little Benton, Wagonway ?

HER Number

4180

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Little Benton, Wagonway ?

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

The line of a probable old wagonway is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. This may have been part of the original line of the Bigges Main wagonway (HER ref. 1128).

Easting

428120

Northing

568110

Grid Reference

NZ428120568110

Sources

<< HER 4180 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89