Throckley, Heddon Waggonway

HER Number:
15350

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Heddon Waggonway

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A waggonway running west from a junction with the Wylam Waggonway shown on a map made for the Duke of Northumberland in 1767 (NRO: ZanBellM17/197/A plan 24)

Easting:
1549

Northing:
6585

Grid Reference:
NZ15496585

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 24/10: General Map showing the situation of the Tyne Collieries. Not dated but around 1830; Turnbull, L. 2012 Railways Before George Stephenson, route 35A