Holystone, Old Wagonway

HER Number

1153

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Holystone, Old Wagonway

Place

Holystone

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

Wagonway, marked ‘Old’ on the1std edition Ordnance Survey Map, so probably out of use before 1858.

Easting

430400

Northing

570160

Grid Reference

NZ430400570160

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12