Selby's Waggonway
Selby's Waggonway
HER Number
16774
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Selby's Waggonway
Place
Axwell Park
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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
Waggonway shown on a plan of 1779 linking two pits (HER 13590). It turns at a right angle midway between the two pits where there is an engine (HER 3456) to haul the empty waggons back up the incline.
Easting
418670
Northing
562410
Grid Reference
NZ418670562410
Sources
The East Part of Winlaton Lordship showing the borings to the Frive Quarter Coal, 1779, held by The Coal Authority D1454 Sheet 1 of 2