Burradon Wagonway

Burradon Wagonway

HER Number
1080
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Burradon Wagonway
Place
Burradon
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
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
This waggonway ran north from West Moor Pit in Killingworth to Burradon Colliery which was owned by Lord Ravensworth and Partners. It was opened in 1820 following the winning of the colliery’s two shafts in that year.
Easting
427330
Northing
572370
Grid Reference
NZ427330572370
Sources
<< HER 1080 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80;
C. R. Warn, 1976, Wagonways & Early Railways of Northumberland, 1605-1840 Proceedings Prehistoric Society, 10,49; I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Alan Williams, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/;
Watson 24/10: General Map showing the situation of the Tyne Collieries. Not dated but around 1830; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; Doherty, E and Pratt, A. 2018. Stephenson House, Killingworth, North Tyneside, Archaeological Investigations, Northern Archaeological Associates; Archaeological Research Services, 2019. Archaeological Watching Brief at Killingworth Town Park, North Tyneside.