Crawcrook, Crawcrook Way to Stella waggonway

HER Number:
17081

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Crawcrook, Crawcrook Way to Stella waggonway

Place:
Crawcrook

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
From 1705, the Crawcrook Way (HER 17080) gained a staith to the west of Stella Hall supplied via a new branch line.

Easting:
1552

Northing:
6428

Grid Reference:
NZ15526428

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Bennett et al 1990, A Fighting Trade - Rail Transport in Tyne Coal 1600-1800, vol 1: 49, 148 vol 2: 20; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 70) 155, 171; NRO: PSAN/BEQ/9/1/3/94