Walker, Waggonway from Henry Pit to Gosforth Pit

HER Number:
15432

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Waggonway from Henry Pit to Gosforth Pit

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This waggonway ran south between Walker Colliery’s Henry Pit and Gosforth Pit, providing access for Henry Pit’s coal to staiths at Wincomblee via HER 4210 and eventually via route 110 to the staiths at Wallsend. Greenwood’s map of 1828 shows the line, but it is not shown on Bell 1847. The pits are shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey but the line is not.

Easting:
2840

Northing:
6593

Grid Reference:
NZ28406593

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Greenwood 1828: Map of Northumberland; Ordnance Survey First Edition 25"