Jesmond (Burdon's) Waggonway

HER Number

15342

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond (Burdon's) Waggonway

Place

Jesmond

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 landsale waggonway serving pits to the west of the Ouseburn. It is shown on a plan of the early 19th century (Watson 28/23 in Turnbull 2009, 111) with a proposal for a longer route for a waggonway to the Ouseburn for seasale. It is not known whether this latter line was constructed.

Easting

425530

Northing

566720

Grid Reference

NZ425530566720

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, NRO/3410/ Watson 28/23: Plan of a proposed waggonway from Jesmond to the River Tyne. Not dated; Les Turnbull, 2009, Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, page 111