Brandling Waggonway (branch to Gateshead Fell)
Brandling Waggonway (branch to Gateshead Fell)
HER Number
17088
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Brandling Waggonway (branch to Gateshead Fell)
Place
Sheriff Hill
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
A branch of the Brandling waggonway was running to serve the coal pits of John Wilkinson on Gateshead Fell by about 1720.
Easting
426170
Northing
561020
Grid Reference
NZ426170561020
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 45a) 158, 169; NRO, map 1720 SANT/BEQ/9/1/3/15