Benton Square, Wagonway

HER Number

1141

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, Wagonway

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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 possible Wagonway running from Benton Square, at NZ 2991 7010, to NZ 2859 6892. Not marked as a wagonway on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map so it would have been disused by 1858.

Easting

429480

Northing

569750

Grid Reference

NZ429480569750

Sources

<< HER 1141 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89