1800 onwards. This waggonway ran from Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) to the Edge Pit. From there it ran on to the William Pit in the Backworth Estate near Holystone. The route is shown on Watson 20A/2 of around 1800.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
1800 onwards. This waggonway ran from Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) to the Edge Pit. From there it ran on to the William Pit in the Backworth Estate near Holystone. The route is shown on Watson 20A/2 of around 1800.
Site Name
Waggonway to Edge Pit and William Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15434
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 20/A2: Estate plan of Killingworth Moor, marking new roads. 1819; Watson 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
District
Newcastle
Easting
426620
EASTING2
2753
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
566910
NORTHING2
6607
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Heaton
Description
This waggonway ran from Heaton High Pit, the northernmost pit of Heaton Main Colliery, south-east to Middle Pit, linking with HER 15431.
After the closure of Heaton Banks Colliery in 1745, there was a gap of around 45 years before coal mining came back to Heaton, this time to the eastern part of the royalty, as Heaton Main Colliery. Rights to the coal seams, deeper in this area than to the west, were leased to a George Johnson. Mining was by the late 18th century a very different business to that of the first half of the century with great advances in sinking, draining and ventilating pits, and in transporting coal long distances below ground from working faces. Only three pits were sunk to work the whole colliery.
Heaton Main was served by waggonways which ran south-east between the three widely-spaced pits and on to Lawson’s Main Colliery. This line formed the middle part of the route between Middle Pit and East Heaton Pit, joined to the north by a waggonway from High Pit and to the south by a waggonway to Lawson’s Main Colliery which linked the Heaton pits to the existing Lawson’s Main route to St Anthony’s in Byker. The line is shown on Watson 27/13 This route closed in 1811 and was replaced by a line running more directly to St Anthony’s (HER 15340) from East Heaton Pit.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
This waggonway ran from Heaton High Pit, the northernmost pit of Heaton Main Colliery, south-east to Middle Pit, linking with HER 15431.
After the closure of Heaton Banks Colliery in 1745, there was a gap of around 45 years before coal mining came back to Heaton, this time to the eastern part of the royalty, as Heaton Main Colliery. Rights to the coal seams, deeper in this area than to the west, were leased to a George Johnson. Mining was by the late 18th century a very different business to that of the first half of the century with great advances in sinking, draining and ventilating pits, and in transporting coal long distances below ground from working faces. Only three pits were sunk to work the whole colliery.
Heaton Main was served by waggonways which ran south-east between the three widely-spaced pits and on to Lawson’s Main Colliery. This line formed the middle part of the route between Middle Pit and East Heaton Pit, joined to the north by a waggonway from High Pit and to the south by a waggonway to Lawson’s Main Colliery which linked the Heaton pits to the existing Lawson’s Main route to St Anthony’s in Byker. The line is shown on Watson 27/13 This route closed in 1811 and was replaced by a line running more directly to St Anthony’s (HER 15340) from East Heaton Pit.
Site Name
Waggonway from High Pit to Middle Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15433
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 27/13: Plan of the line of Heaton Colliery Waggonway, 1805; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
428400
EASTING2
2850
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
565930
NORTHING2
6549
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Walker
Description
This waggonway ran south between Walker Colliery’s Henry Pit and Gosforth Pit, providing access for Henry Pit’s coal to staiths at Wincomblee via HER 4210 and eventually via route 110 to the staiths at Wallsend. Greenwood’s map of 1828 shows the line, but it is not shown on Bell 1847. The pits are shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey but the line is not.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
This waggonway ran south between Walker Colliery’s Henry Pit and Gosforth Pit, providing access for Henry Pit’s coal to staiths at Wincomblee via HER 4210 and eventually via route 110 to the staiths at Wallsend. Greenwood’s map of 1828 shows the line, but it is not shown on Bell 1847. The pits are shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey but the line is not.
Site Name
Waggonway from Henry Pit to Gosforth Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15432
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Greenwood 1828: Map of Northumberland; Ordnance Survey First Edition 25"
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
427430
EASTING2
2791
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
566120
NORTHING2
6572
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Heaton
Description
After the closure of Heaton Banks Colliery in 1745, there was a gap of around 45 years before coal mining came back to Heaton, this time to the eastern part of the royalty, as Heaton Main Colliery. Rights to the coal seams, deeper in this area than to the west, were leased to a George Johnson. Mining was by the late 18th century a very different business to that of the first half of the century with great advances in sinking, draining and ventilating pits, and in transporting coal long distances below ground from working faces. Only three pits were sunk to work the whole colliery.
Heaton Main was served by waggonways which ran south-east between the three widely-spaced pits and on to Lawson’s Main Colliery. This line formed the middle part of the route between Middle Pit and East Heaton Pit, joined to the north by a waggonway from High Pit (route 100) and to the south by a waggonway to Lawson’s Main Colliery (route 114) which linked the Heaton pits to the existing Lawson’s Main route to St Anthony’s in Byker. The line is shown on Watson 27/13 This route closed in 1811 and was replaced by a line running more directly to St Anthony’s (HER 15340) from East Heaton Pit
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
After the closure of Heaton Banks Colliery in 1745, there was a gap of around 45 years before coal mining came back to Heaton, this time to the eastern part of the royalty, as Heaton Main Colliery. Rights to the coal seams, deeper in this area than to the west, were leased to a George Johnson. Mining was by the late 18th century a very different business to that of the first half of the century with great advances in sinking, draining and ventilating pits, and in transporting coal long distances below ground from working faces. Only three pits were sunk to work the whole colliery.
Heaton Main was served by waggonways which ran south-east between the three widely-spaced pits and on to Lawson’s Main Colliery. This line formed the middle part of the route between Middle Pit and East Heaton Pit, joined to the north by a waggonway from High Pit (route 100) and to the south by a waggonway to Lawson’s Main Colliery (route 114) which linked the Heaton pits to the existing Lawson’s Main route to St Anthony’s in Byker. The line is shown on Watson 27/13 This route closed in 1811 and was replaced by a line running more directly to St Anthony’s (HER 15340) from East Heaton Pit
Site Name
Waggonway from Middle Pit to East Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15431
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 27/13: Plan of the line of Heaton Colliery Waggonway. 1805; Turnbull, L. 2012 Railways Before George Stephenson, route 22; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
4082, 16451
DAY1
11
DAY2
12
District
Newcastle
Easting
421620
EASTING2
2166
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
563690
NORTHING2
6346
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Benwell
Description
A short waggonway running east from the Benwell inclined plane (HER 4082) to the Aubone Pit. Named on a map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119). It remains on Bell’s map of 1847 but with an additional return line.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
A short waggonway running east from the Benwell inclined plane (HER 4082) to the Aubone Pit. Named on a map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119). It remains on Bell’s map of 1847 but with an additional return line.
Site Name
Benwell Colliery Waggonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15430
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; Andrew Bowes Estate Plan, 1811 (Seymour Bell Collection)
YEAR1
2013
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
427650
EASTING2
2911
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
564350
NORTHING2
6310
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Byker
Description
No secure route has been established for a waggonway serving Heaton South Colliery. The route shown is conjectural. Turnbull says that it was established in 1810 (Turnbull 2012, route 24).
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
No secure route has been established for a waggonway serving Heaton South Colliery. The route shown is conjectural. Turnbull says that it was established in 1810 (Turnbull 2012, route 24).
Site Name
Byker Waggonway (St. Peter's)
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15429
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2012 Railways Before George Stephenson, route 24
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
N Tyneside
Easting
431160
EASTING2
3045
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
570730
NORTHING2
7067
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Shiremoor
Description
A waggonway running to William Pit on an extension (route 102) of the Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167). Can be seen on Watson 21/19.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
A waggonway running to William Pit on an extension (route 102) of the Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167). Can be seen on Watson 21/19.
Site Name
Waggonway to William Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15428
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
11
District
N Tyneside
Easting
434380
EASTING2
3483
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
568050
NORTHING2
6729
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
North Shields
Description
A waggonway to Chance Pit running north from the waggonway to Collingwood Main Pit. It can be seen as a proposal on Watson 21/13. It was almost certainly constructed, but is not shown on Bell 1847.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
A waggonway to Chance Pit running north from the waggonway to Collingwood Main Pit. It can be seen as a proposal on Watson 21/13. It was almost certainly constructed, but is not shown on Bell 1847.
Site Name
Waggonway to Chance Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
15427
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/
Watson 21/13: Estate plan of Chirton, property of Michael Robson and the executors of Mr Crawford showing sites of proposed new pits and waggonways. Not dated
YEAR1
2013
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7346
DAY1
07
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436760
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
569300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Newcastle Terrace and Dawson Square were built in the grounds of No. 9 Huntingdon Place between 1861 and 1897. No. 3 was acquired by Kings School in the 1950s. In 2005 a school link block was built attached to No. 3. The houses are built in red brick with ashlar dressings. They have metal balconies and railings. Three storeys plus a semi-basement. Pitched slate roofs with gable chimney stacks. Ground floor central entrances fitted with four-panel doors with fanlight above, reached by a flight of stone steps. Small front gardens are bounded by a low stone wall with replacment railings. No. 3 has an attic lit by dormer windows. Both end bays have a canted bay window on each floor. The centre bay of No. 3 has sash windows. The left end bay of No. 2 has a canted bay window to each floor. The centre and right end bays have sash windows. There is a keyed arched entrance to the ground floor right bay leading to a rear yard. The rear (north) elevation of both houses has scattered fenestration. There are stair windows, blocked windows, horned and unhorned sashes. A rear extension to No. 3 has been removed. Inside, No. 3 retains much of its original layout - entrance vestibule, hall, central rear staircase and principal rooms to each floor. The staircase retains a mahogany handrail but many balusters are replacements. There are inserted openings, partitions and modern school WCs and showers. A new entrance to each floor has been inserted through the west gable to allow access from the adjacent school block. There are few original fixtures and fittings. All fireplaces have been removed. Plaster cornices survive, and a stair arch and ceiling roses on the ground floor. Original skirthing boards, architraves and some shutters survive. Internal doors are mostly replacements. The basement and attic have been subdivided. No. 2 is divided into 6 apartments. The houses were put forward for listing but were not added to the list. Reasons: the houses are of standard form, construction and materials, they lack architectural ambition, the interiors are too altered, they are later and poorer quality than No. 1 which is listed grade 2.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Newcastle Terrace and Dawson Square were built in the grounds of No. 9 Huntingdon Place between 1861 and 1897. No. 3 was acquired by Kings School in the 1950s. In 2005 a school link block was built attached to No. 3. The houses are built in red brick with ashlar dressings. They have metal balconies and railings. Three storeys plus a semi-basement. Pitched slate roofs with gable chimney stacks. Ground floor central entrances fitted with four-panel doors with fanlight above, reached by a flight of stone steps. Small front gardens are bounded by a low stone wall with replacement railings. No. 3 has an attic lit by dormer windows. Both end bays have a canted bay window on each floor. The centre bay of No. 3 has sash windows. The left end bay of No. 2 has a canted bay window to each floor. The centre and right end bays have sash windows. There is a keyed arched entrance to the ground floor right bay leading to a rear yard. The rear (north) elevation of both houses has scattered fenestration. There are stair windows, blocked windows, horned and unhorned sashes. A rear extension to No. 3 has been removed. Inside, No. 3 retains much of its original layout - entrance vestibule, hall, central rear staircase and principal rooms to each floor. The staircase retains a mahogany handrail but many balusters are replacements. There are inserted openings, partitions and modern school WCs and showers. A new entrance to each floor has been inserted through the west gable to allow access from the adjacent school block. There are few original fixtures and fittings. All fireplaces have been removed. Plaster cornices survive, and a stair arch and ceiling roses on the ground floor. Original skirting boards, architraves and some shutters survive. Internal doors are mostly replacements. The basement and attic have been subdivided. No. 2 is divided into 6 apartments. The houses were put forward for listing but were not added to the list. Reasons: the houses are of standard form, construction and materials, they lack architectural ambition, the interiors are too altered, they are later and poorer quality than No. 1 which is listed grade 2.
Site Name
2 and 3 Newcastle Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
15426
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
English Heritage, 17 December 2012, Advice Report, Case Number 474281; J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder, H. Welfare, 2002, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 595
YEAR1
2013
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Newcastle
Easting
425280
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick and sandstone
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564760
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Large detached house, the family home of the Malings (see HER 4344). Brick with ashlar dressings, quoins. Engaged Doric columns, rusticated ground floor, balcony at first floor windows, entablature, bow-fronted. Site is now part of the Ellison Building, Northumbria University.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Large detached house, the family home of the Malings (see HER 4344). Brick with ashlar dressings, quoins. Engaged Doric columns, rusticated ground floor, balcony at first floor windows, entablature, bow-fronted. Site is now part of the Ellison Building, Northumbria University.