Heworth Way

HER Number:
5937

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth Way

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The old colliery at High Heworth probably led to Felling Staith down a branch of the Felling Way. Alternatively it may have led to a probable old coal staith at the west end of Heworth Shore, later a grindstone quay. The new colliery of 1759 had a waggonway to large staiths downstream and is shown on a plan of 1764. These in turn gave way for a new outlet for the Sheriff Hill Colliery.

Easting:
2862

Northing:
6269

Grid Reference:
NZ28626269

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5937 >> G. Bennett, E. Clavering & A. Rounding, 1990, A Fighting Trade - Rail Transport in Tyne Coal 1600-1800 A. Williams, 2004, A Fighting Trade - Review and mapping of routes; unpublished document for Tyne & Wear Heritage Environment Record