Harraton, General Lambton's Railway

HER Number:
17096

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Harraton, General Lambton's Railway

Place:
Harraton

Map Sheet:
NZ25SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This waggonway is shown and named on Gibson’s 1787 map of the Coalfield. It ran from Harraton to the north bank of the River Wear at Chartershaugh.

Easting:
2822

Northing:
5511

Grid Reference:
NZ28225511

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 75a-b); Gibson's Map of Coalfield 1787