Wallsend, Wagonway

HER Number

1137

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Wagonway

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

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

429920

Northing

566750

Grid Reference

NZ429920566750

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