Greenside, Coalway Lane

HER Number:
13367

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Greenside, Coalway Lane

Place:
Greenside

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Coalway Lane runs from the west side of Greenside north to the Ryton Bypass (A695). It is an adopted highway but is little more than a rough stone track, narrow, steep and sunken in places. It is inaccessible for most vehicles. The lane is partially sunken, like a hollow-way lined by trees and hedges along much of its route, and presumably of some antiquity. It is crossed by the line of the Risemoor Way (HER 3321) which was built in 1737-8, as an extension to the 1663 Crawcrook Way. Bennett, Clavering and Rounding in 'A Fighting Trade' suggest that the waggonway bridged over Coalway Lane and that part of the waggonway had a paved level crossing. There are areas of exposed bedrock and sections of brick in places along Coalway Lane, which look like some form of deliberately created surface.

Easting:
1275

Northing:
6278

Grid Reference:
NZ12756278

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Bennett, Clavering and Rounding, 1990, A Fighting Trade; Roy Deane, Gateshead Council's Public Right of Way Officer, 4 April 2003 (pers comm)