Percy Main, Waggonway to Percy Pit

HER Number

15354

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Percy Main, Waggonway to Percy Pit

Place

Percy Main

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

Percy Pit was opened in Percy Main Colliery in the early 19th century. It was served by a waggonway running from the Percy Main Waggonway (HER 2024). Watson 24/10 shows it with two shafts. It was still open in 1847 and appears on Bell. It is disused on the first edition Ordnance Survey.

Easting

432750

Northing

567880

Grid Reference

NZ432750567880

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering, All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 24/10: General Map showing the situation of the Tyne Collieries. Not dated but around 1830; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; Ordnance Survey first edition 25", 1861