Willington Way

HER Number:
15337

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington Way

Place:
Willington

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This waggonway was opened in 1776. It ran south from Millbank Pit (1170) to join the Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) just to the north of the village of Willington. A sales plan of the Willington Estate in 1818 (Bell Papers) shows the line had closed by that date and was operating as a bridle road (now Middle Engine Lane). The plan also shows and names two disused pits along the course of the line, the Venture and Engine pits.

Easting:
3171

Northing:
6792

Grid Reference:
NZ31716792

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Sales Plan of the Willington Estate 1818, Bell Papers, North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering; Les Turnbull, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (route 15)