Killingworth, Waggonway to Ridge Pit

HER Number:
15358

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, Waggonway to Ridge Pit

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A branch line to Ridge Pit. The pit is shown on Watson 20/A2 of around 1800.

Easting:
2922

Northing:
7008

Grid Reference:
NZ29227008

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 20/A2: Estate plan of Killingworth Moor, marking new roads. 1819