Byker Waggonway to St. Peter's

HER Number:
7982

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker Waggonway to St. Peter's

Place:
Byker

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:

Easting:
2742

Northing:
6452

Grid Reference:
NZ27426452

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Estate plan of Byker, showing lands belonging to Sir Henry Lawson, baronet, produced by William Donkin in 1767 (Northumberland Record Office ZAN MSM/8); Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12; Hope-Dodds, M, 1930, Northumberland County History, Vol 13, p 264; Les Turnbull, 2009, Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, p 9