Backworth Colliery Railway, Church Pit Branch

HER Number:
2171

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Backworth Colliery Railway, Church Pit Branch

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Backworth Colliery Railway (Church Pit Branch), from Earsdon Colliery (HER ref. 1114) to a junction with the East Holywell Colliery Railway (HER ref. 1051). This also served the Abbey Shot Factory (HER ref. 2172) and was built after 1858. A portion of rail is visible within a tarmac road at NZ 3100 7180. The remainder of the route has been covered by colliery waste and may survive.

Easting:
3161

Northing:
7237

Grid Reference:
NZ31617237

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2171 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW 2000, Moor Edge Farm, Archaeological Assessment -Historic Environment Record; John Elliott & Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways