Burradon Wagonway

HER Number:
1080

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Burradon Wagonway

Place:
Burradon

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

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:
This waggonway ran north from West Moor Pit in Killingworth to Burradon Colliery which was owned by Lord Ravensworth and Partners. It was opened in 1820 following the winning of the colliery’s two shafts in that year.

Easting:
427330

Northing:
572370

Grid Reference:
NZ427330572370

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1080 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80; C. R. Warn, 1976, Wagonways & Early Railways of Northumberland, 1605-1840 Proceedings Prehistoric Society, 10,49; I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Alan Williams, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12; 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; Doherty, E and Pratt, A. 2018. Stephenson House, Killingworth, North Tyneside, Archaeological Investigations, Northern Archaeological Associates; Archaeological Research Services, 2019. Archaeological Watching Brief at Killingworth Town Park, North Tyneside.