Sunniside, Ridings Field to River Team waggonway

HER Number:
17083

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Sunniside, Ridings Field to River Team waggonway

Place:
Sunniside

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This waggonway ran to the River Teams from Ridings Colliery in Whickham between 1683 and 1744. Its route has not been securely established.

Easting:
2018

Northing:
5928

Grid Reference:
NZ20185928

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 2: 8; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 55) 155, 169;