Tyne and Wear HER(3908): Birtley, Wagonway - Details
3908
Gateshead
Birtley, Wagonway
Birtley
NZ25NE
Transport
Tramway
Wagonway
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A ">" shaped section of wagonway, which may have been two lines converging, is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.
2745
5668
NZ27455668
<< HER 3908 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7