West Cramlington Wagonway

HER Number

2045

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Cramlington Wagonway

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The West Cramlington Wagonway was actually a branch of the Backworth Wagonway (HER ref. 1113), which split from that line near Percy Main at NZ 3326 6775. It subsequently divided into two lines which ran to the West Cramlington and East Holywell Staiths in the Northumberland Dock (HER refs. 2119, 2120, 2111). There was an engine on each of these lines (HER refs. 2042 & 2043).

Easting

433620

Northing

567510

Grid Reference

NZ433620567510

Sources

<< HER 2045 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89