Byker Waggonway to St. Peter's
Byker Waggonway to St. Peter's
HER Number
7982
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Byker Waggonway to St. Peter's
Place
Byker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Easting
427420
Northing
564520
Grid Reference
NZ427420564520
Sources
Estate plan of Byker, showing lands belonging to Sir Henry Lawson, baronet, produced by William Donkin in 1767 (Northumberland Record Office ZAN MSM/8); Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12; Hope-Dodds, M, 1930, Northumberland County History, Vol 13, p 264; Les Turnbull, 2009, Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, p 9