Wagonway from Gosforth Pit to Wallsend
Wagonway from Gosforth Pit to Wallsend
HER Number
4185
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Wagonway from Gosforth Pit to Wallsend
Place
Walker
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
This Wagonway first appears on Greenwood's map of 1828, but was short lived as it was out of use by the 1847 plan of the Great Northern Coal Field. It is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan (1858).
Easting
429380
Northing
565870
Grid Reference
NZ429380565870
Sources
<< HER 4185 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98
Greenwood, 1828, Map of Northumberland; J.T.W Bell, 1847, A Plan of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland Records Office, 438/6/2; W. Muncaster, 2003, Miller's Dene Recreation Ground, Walker, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12
Greenwood, 1828, Map of Northumberland; J.T.W Bell, 1847, A Plan of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland Records Office, 438/6/2; W. Muncaster, 2003, Miller's Dene Recreation Ground, Walker, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12