Harraton, Wagonway to Judith Pit

HER Number:
3006

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Harraton, Wagonway to Judith Pit

Place:
Harraton

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE NZ25SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Wagonway, from Judith Pit to another Wagonway (HER ref. numbers 3005 and 3010 respectively) is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting:
2981

Northing:
5520

Grid Reference:
NZ29815520

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3006 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 77)