St. Hilda's Wagonway/Harton Coal Co. Railway

HER Number:
2356

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
St. Hilda's Wagonway/Harton Coal Co. Railway

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

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:
St. Hilda's Wagonway connected St. Hilda's Colliery (HER ref. 2355) to the Templetown Wagonway (HER ref. 2449). It was built in 1822 by the Brandlings and eventually became part of the Harton Colliery Railway. The line was modernised during the 1890s and electrified in 1908. This interesting mineral railway is now disused over its entire length. The track from Hilda Hole exchange sidings (NZ 356 663) between St. Hilda's wagonway and the Brandling Railway main line to Harton High Staith (HER ref. 2236) has been dismantled.

Easting:
436210

Northing:
566710

Grid Reference:
NZ436210566710

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2356 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4 N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.3,17-21 Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area