Waggonway linking Heaton, Kenton and Coxlodge

HER Number

15439

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Waggonway linking Heaton, Kenton and Coxlodge

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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 waggonway was constructed between Benton Colliery and Heaton High Pit in around 1817, linking Heaton Main Colliery to the Kenton and Coxlodge Waggonway (Turnbull 2009, 56). The line is shown on Greenwood’s plan of 1828

Easting

427040

Northing

567430

Grid Reference

NZ427040567430

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Greenwood 1828: Map of Northumberland; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, p 56; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage