Whitley Wagonway

HER Number

4582

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Wagonway

Place

North 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

Shown on Woods map of 1827 leading to a staith at the Low Light. This carried coal from Whitley Colliery to the collier brigs loading at the quays and limestone from Whitley Quarry. Named as "Whitley Coal and Lime Waggonway" on Rook's plan of 1827. Ran on an inclined plane.

Easting

436280

Northing

568410

Grid Reference

NZ436280568410

Sources

<< HER 4582 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth; North Tyneside Council and Nexus, 2010, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 8 'The Gut'