Waggonway to Edge Pit and William Pit

HER Number

15434

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Waggonway to Edge Pit and William Pit

Place

Holystone

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

1800 onwards. This waggonway ran from Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) to the Edge Pit. From there it ran on to the William Pit in the Backworth Estate near Holystone. The route is shown on Watson 20A/2 of around 1800.

Easting

430430

Northing

570660

Grid Reference

NZ430430570660

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 20/A2: Estate plan of Killingworth Moor, marking new roads. 1819; Watson 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment