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 Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

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

420960

Northing

563740

Grid Reference

NZ420960563740

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