Benwell, Waggonway to Edward Pit

HER Number

15436

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, Waggonway to Edward Pit

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

An extension of the waggonway system at Benwell (HER 4082) northwards. A map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119) and Bell’s Map of 1847 shows an extension of Benwell waggonway running from Charlotte Pit, to Edward Pit to the north-west. The line ran through the site of the Roman Fort of Condercum.

Easting

421250

Northing

565040

Grid Reference

NZ421250565040

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland