Benwell, Waggonway to Edward Pit

HER Number:
15436

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Waggonway to Edward 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:
An extension of the waggonway system at Benwell (HER 4082) northwards. A map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119) and Bell’s Map of 1847 shows an extension of Benwell waggonway running from Charlotte Pit, to Edward Pit to the north-west. The line ran through the site of the Roman Fort of Condercum.

Easting:
2125

Northing:
6504

Grid Reference:
NZ21256504

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