Killingworth Moor to Willington Quay Wagonway

HER Number

1160

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Killingworth Moor to Willington Quay Wagonway

Place

Willington

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

1765. Killingworth Moor Waggonway served the pits of the Grand Allies Killingworth Moor Colliery in Longbenton during the later 18th century. The pits were exploiting the High Main Seam to the south of the 90 Fathom Dyke. The waggonway accessed staiths on the River Tyne at Willington Quay running via Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167).

Easting

429200

Northing

569710

Grid Reference

NZ429200569710

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of River Tyne: tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; CR Warn, 1976, Waggonways and Early Railways of Northumberland 1605-1840; DSJ Timoney, 1983, Waggonways of Tyne and Wear, p 96, route 25; Turnbull, L. 2012 Railways Before George Stephenson, route 14B