Harraton, Wagonway to Judith Pit
Harraton, Wagonway to Judith Pit
HER Number
3006
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Harraton, Wagonway to Judith Pit
Place
Harraton
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A Wagonway, from Judith Pit to another Wagonway (HER ref. numbers 3005 and 3010 respectively) is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1858.
Easting
429810
Northing
555200
Grid Reference
NZ429810555200
Sources
<< HER 3006 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 77)