Winlaton, waggonway to Content Pit

HER Number

16778

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, waggonway to Content Pit

Place

Winlaton

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

Short length of waggonway linking Content Pit (HER 3567) to Shibdon Bank. The plan is labelled 'The Lands Colliery in the Five Quarter Coal'.

Easting

418100

Northing

562340

Grid Reference

NZ418100562340

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