Wallsend, Wagonway

HER Number:
1137

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Wagonway

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This wagonway runs from C Pit (HER ref. 1139) at NZ 2992 6675 to an unknown end point. It is marked "Old" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map so was probably out of use by 1858. The Wagonway from Wallsend Colliery to Wallsend Staiths opened 1788.

Easting:
2992

Northing:
6675

Grid Reference:
NZ29926675

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1137 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89 C. R. Warn, 1976, Wagonways & Early Railways of Northumberland, 1605-1840 p.49; Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2010, Land at King's Road South, Wallsend - Archaeological Assessment