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

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3080

Northing:
6810

Grid Reference:
NZ30806810

Lats/Lons:

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