Tyne and Wear HER(17097): Harraton, Humble's waggonway, Branch to Black Fell - Details
17097
Sunderland
Harraton, Humble's waggonway, Branch to Black Fell
Harraton
NZ25SE
Transport
Tramway
Wagonway
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
Humble’s Waggonway, running from coal pits on Birtley Common to a staith at Fatfield, was established in 1741. By 1754, it was being used by Thomas Donnison to carry coal from South Birtley Colliery. A branch to Black Fell was established before 1787 (it is shown on Gibson’s map of 1787).
2849
5573
NZ28495573
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 77b) p161 & 172; Gibson's Map of Coalfield 1787; casson's map of coalfield, 1801; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019, Former Ayton School, Washington, Tyne and Wear, Desk-based assessment report 5138