Walker, Wagonway from Gosforth Pit to Wallsend

HER Number:
4185

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Wagonway from Gosforth Pit to Wallsend

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Wagonway first appears on Greenwood's map of 1828, but was short lived as it was out of use by the 1847 plan of the Great Northern Coal Field. It is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan (1858).

Easting:
2938

Northing:
6587

Grid Reference:
NZ29386587

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4185 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 Greenwood, 1828, Map of Northumberland; J.T.W Bell, 1847, A Plan of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland Records Office, 438/6/2; W. Muncaster, 2003, Miller's Dene Recreation Ground, Walker, Newcastle, Archaeological Assessment; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12