Throckley, Mineral Railway

HER Number

4268

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley, Mineral Railway

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Mineral Railway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Mineral Railway, possibly connecting Throckley Colliery to Wylam Wagonway is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

416570

Northing

565240

Grid Reference

NZ416570565240

Sources

<< HER 4268 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96, NE