Little Grindstone Way

HER Number:
17086

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Little Grindstone Way

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A wagonway branching from High Heworth Way (HER 3827) and carrying grindstones to Grindstone Quay at the western end of Heworth Shore is shown on a plan of 1768.

Easting:
2834

Northing:
6287

Grid Reference:
NZ28346287

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 44a) 158, 169; DUL: Dean and Chapter Estate Plan of 1768 (13631)