Jesmond (Burdon's) Waggonway

HER Number:
15342

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond (Burdon's) Waggonway

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A landsale waggonway serving pits to the west of the Ouseburn. It is shown on a plan of the early 19th century (Watson 28/23 in Turnbull 2009, 111) with a proposal for a longer route for a waggonway to the Ouseburn for seasale. It is not known whether this latter line was constructed.

Easting:
2553

Northing:
6672

Grid Reference:
NZ25536672

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering, NRO/3410/ Watson 28/23: Plan of a proposed waggonway from Jesmond to the River Tyne. Not dated; Les Turnbull, 2009, Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, page 111