Percy Main, Wagonway

HER Number

2024

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Percy Main, Wagonway

Place

Percy Main

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Tramway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Wagonway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Wagonway, marked 'Old' on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use before 1858. It was probably associated with Percy Main Colliery (HER ref. 2023) and may have extended as far as Howdon Old Pit (HER ref. 1178).

Easting

433680

Northing

566960

Grid Reference

NZ433680566960

Sources

<< HER 2024 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89