Killingworth, Waggonway to Hope Pit

HER Number

15359

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Killingworth, Waggonway to Hope 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 short branch line ran west from the early route of the Killingworth Moor Waggonway (HER 1160) to Hope Pit. The line can be seen on Watson 20/A2 which dates to around 1800. The disused pit can be seen on Bell’s map of 1847.

Easting

428990

Northing

569400

Grid Reference

NZ428990569400

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; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland