Willington, Wagonway

HER Number:
1167

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington, Wagonway

Place:
Willington

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A possible old wagonway through Willington appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, but is not marked as such. This is probably the line of part of the original Willington Wagonway, built around 1762, eventually superseded by HER ref. 1164 to the west, c.1820.

Easting:
3170

Northing:
6791

Grid Reference:
NZ31706791

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1167 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89 C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.211-212