St. Hilda's Wagonway/Harton Coal Co. Railway

St. Hilda's Wagonway/Harton Coal Co. Railway

HER Number
2356
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
St. Hilda's Wagonway/Harton Coal Co. Railway
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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
St. Hilda's Wagonway connected St. Hilda's Colliery (HER ref. 2355) to the Templetown Wagonway (HER ref. 2449). It was built in 1822 by the Brandlings and eventually became part of the Harton Colliery Railway. The line was modernised during the 1890s and electrified in 1908. This interesting mineral railway is now disused over its entire length. The track from Hilda Hole exchange sidings (NZ 356 663) between St. Hilda's wagonway and the Brandling Railway main line to Harton High Staith (HER ref. 2236) has been dismantled.
Easting
436210
Northing
566710
Grid Reference
NZ436210566710
Sources
<< HER 2356 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.3,17-21
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area