Wallsend, Waggonway to George Pit

HER Number:
15363

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Waggonway to George Pit

Place:
Wallsend

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:
George Pit in Willington Colliery was linked to the Bigges Main Waggonway via the line to William Pit (HER 1128). Willington and Bigges Main Collieries were both owned by the partnership of Bell and Brown. The line is shown on Watson 19/16 of c. 1803.

Easting:
2875

Northing:
6817

Grid Reference:
NZ28756817

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 19/16: Estate plan of Backworth, Seghill and Burradon and colliery plan of Willington, Wallsend and Bigges Main, showing boreholes and pits and intended new winning in Seghill. Not dated