Bensham Waggonway

HER Number:
17084

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bensham Waggonway

Place:
Bensham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Bensham Waggonway was in service by at least 1730, shown on a map of that date. It ran from coal pits at Bensham, through Gatesheaed Park to Rock Staith on the River Tyne just to the east of the old Newcastle Bridge. The map is not sufficiently accurate to securely establish the exact route of the waggonway.

Easting:
2537

Northing:
6369

Grid Reference:
NZ25376369

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear no. 27; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 50); TWAS: DT/ST/P17/2