Newbottle, Railway/Wagonway

HER Number:
3130

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Newbottle, Railway/Wagonway

Place:
Newbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Wagonway or Railway is marked (as both) on Historic Ordnance Survey maps.This may have been a continuation of the Londonderry Railway (HER ref. 3081), from Painshaw Foundry to Sedgeletch. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it is marked as ‘Old’, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting:
3240

Northing:
5195

Grid Reference:
NZ32405195

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3130 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13