High Spen, Garesfield Wagonway, Engine

HER Number:
3375

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, Garesfield Wagonway, Engine

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Machinery

Site Type: Specific:
Engine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows an engine on a wagonway. Fragmentary stonework which could possibly be part of the engine house survives at roughly this location, but local tradition suggests that these ruins are those of a cottage.

Easting:
1518

Northing:
5988

Grid Reference:
NZ15185988

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3375 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5