Middle Pit to Coxlodge Waggonway

A waggonway running east-west between Middle Pit in Heaton Main Colliery, past Rosy Cottage to the north of Walker Colliery’s Henry Pit and on to the Coxlodge Waggonway (HER 1128) at Carville. It is shown on Watson 24/10 of c. 1830 as an active line. It is not shown on Bell (1847) and appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey as an ‘old wagonway’. No additional information has been established about the route which would have allowed coal from Heaton Main Colliery access to either the Coxlodge or Wallsend staiths as opposed to staiths at St Anthony’s a considerable distance upriver.