Longbenton, Waggonway to Choice Pit

HER Number:
15355

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Waggonway to Choice Pit

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A waggonway branching from Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) to Choice Pit. The route is shown on Watson 21/19 of around 1804.

Easting:
3005

Northing:
7043

Grid Reference:
NZ30057043

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, All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804.