Heworth Way
Heworth Way
HER Number
5937
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Heworth Way
Place
Heworth
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 old colliery at High Heworth probably led to Felling Staith down a branch of the Felling Way. Alternatively it may have led to a probable old coal staith at the west end of Heworth Shore, later a grindstone quay. The new colliery of 1759 had a waggonway to large staiths downstream and is shown on a plan of 1764. These in turn gave way for a new outlet for the Sheriff Hill Colliery.
Easting
428620
Northing
562690
Grid Reference
NZ428620562690
Sources
<< HER 5937 >> G. Bennett, E. Clavering & A. Rounding, 1990, A Fighting Trade - Rail Transport in Tyne Coal 1600-1800
A. Williams, 2004, A Fighting Trade - Review and mapping of routes; unpublished document for Tyne & Wear Heritage Environment Record
A. Williams, 2004, A Fighting Trade - Review and mapping of routes; unpublished document for Tyne & Wear Heritage Environment Record