Throckley, Wagonway
Throckley, Wagonway
HER Number
1963
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Throckley, Wagonway
Place
Throckley
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
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 wagonway is shown on a plan of Throckley, 1769 linking New Engine (HER ref. 1959) to another wagonway (HER ref. 1958). It is also shown on a plan of 1781 but not shown on the First edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1858, so was presumably out of use by that date.
Easting
415080
Northing
566970
Grid Reference
NZ415080566970
Sources
<< HER 1963 >> Tyne and Wear Museums, 2001, Throckley Middle School, Hexham Road, Throckley Archaeological Assessment
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Throckley Middle School, Hexham Road, Throckley Archaeological Assessment
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Throckley Middle School, Hexham Road, Throckley Archaeological Assessment