The Coalway

HER Number

11593

District

Newcastle

Site Name

The Coalway

Place

Whorlton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Shown on a plan of 1710. Probably a route for wains (carts) to the staiths at Lemington. Roughly on the line of Hill Head Road.

Easting

419010

Northing

567460

Grid Reference

NZ419010567460

Sources

William Cuthbertson, 1710, Plan of Dewley, Butterlaw and Whorleton Moor (Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div.xvii, No. 2)