Willington, Viaduct
Willington, Viaduct
HER Number
1185
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Willington, Viaduct
Place
Willington
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Viaduct
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Viaduct carried Willington Wagonway (HER ref. 1164) over Willington Dean. It was built as a timber structure on stone pillars around 1820 when the Wagonway was laid.
Easting
431280
Northing
567410
Grid Reference
NZ431280567410
Sources
<< HER 1185 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.212
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.212