Killingworth, Waggonway to Hope Pit

HER Number:
15359

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, Waggonway to Hope 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 short branch line ran west from the early route of the Killingworth Moor Waggonway (HER 1160) to Hope Pit. The line can be seen on Watson 20/A2 which dates to around 1800. The disused pit can be seen on Bell’s map of 1847.

Easting:
2899

Northing:
6940

Grid Reference:
NZ28996940

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; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland