Birtley, Leefield Waggonway

HER Number:
17108

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Birtley, Leefield Waggonway

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This was a branch of the John Hedworth’s Waggonway (HER2562) to staiths at Fatfield from Leefield. It was opened before 1710. The line is shown on John Gibson’s Map of the Coalfield of 1787. Its exact route has not been traced.

Easting:
2731

Northing:
5462

Grid Reference:
NZ27315462

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 72D); Gibson's Map of Coalfield 1787