Byker, St Lawrence's (Picton Main) Waggonway

HER Number:
15341

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, St Lawrence's (Picton Main) Waggonway

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A short line shown on the First Edition 25” Ordnance Survey running north from a staith at St Lawrence’s in Byker to Picton Main Pit. The area was worked in the 18th century and the pits and the line had closed by the mid-19th century.

Easting:
2700

Northing:
6427

Grid Reference:
NZ27006427

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; First edition Ordnance Survey 25"