Sunniside, Ridings Field to River Team waggonway
Sunniside, Ridings Field to River Team waggonway
HER Number
17083
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Sunniside, Ridings Field to River Team waggonway
Place
Sunniside
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This waggonway ran to the River Teams from Ridings Colliery in Whickham between 1683 and 1744. Its route has not been securely established.
Easting
420180
Northing
559280
Grid Reference
NZ420180559280
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Bennett et al 1990, A Fighting Trade - Rail Transport in Tyne Coal 1600-1800, vol 2: 8; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 55) 155, 169;