Benwell, Waggonway to Delaval Pit

HER Number:
15435

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Waggonway to Delaval Pit

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A map of 1811 (reference not given) shows the surface dispositions of Benwell Colliery. This includes a waggonway running west from Delaval Pit to a coal staith east of the inclined plane (HER 4082). The line is not shown on a map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119) but re-appears on Bell’s map of 1847 with staiths now to the west of the inclined plane.

Easting:
2096

Northing:
6374

Grid Reference:
NZ20966374

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland