Killingworth, Waggonway to Ridge Pit

HER Number

15358

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Killingworth, Waggonway to Ridge Pit

Place

Killingworth

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 branch line to Ridge Pit. The pit is shown on Watson 20/A2 of around 1800.

Easting

429220

Northing

570080

Grid Reference

NZ429220570080

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: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 20/A2: Estate plan of Killingworth Moor, marking new roads. 1819