Wallsend, waggonway spur

HER Number

15336

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, waggonway spur

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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 short length of waggonway linked Bigge Pit (HER 1163) to the New Willington Waggonway (HER 1164) avoiding a circuitous route via Bewick Pit. It was opened in 1829.

Easting

430800

Northing

568100

Grid Reference

NZ430800568100

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map