Willington Way

HER Number

15337

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Way

Place

Willington

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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 was opened in 1776. It ran south from Millbank Pit (1170) to join the Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) just to the north of the village of Willington. A sales plan of the Willington Estate in 1818 (Bell Papers) shows the line had closed by that date and was operating as a bridle road (now Middle Engine Lane). The plan also shows and names two disused pits along the course of the line, the Venture and Engine pits.

Easting

431710

Northing

567920

Grid Reference

NZ431710567920

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Sales Plan of the Willington Estate 1818, Bell Papers, North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering; Les Turnbull, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (route 15)