Waggonway to Choice Pit

HER Number

15355

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Waggonway to Choice Pit

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

A waggonway branching from Longbenton East Waggonway (HER 1167) to Choice Pit. The route is shown on Watson 21/19 of around 1804.

Easting

430050

Northing

570430

Grid Reference

NZ430050570430

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 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804.