Waggonways in North East England

Maps of Northumberland, County Durham and Cleveland, UK,
showing each waggonway (or wagonway), tramway, mineral railway, railroad, colliery,
coal pit, lead mine, fluorspar mine, ironstone mine and quarry.

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Keymap of Northumberland, County Durham and Cleveland, North Yorkshire UK

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Northumberland County Durham Cleveland

Copyright acknowledgement -
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

Gazetteer of Mines, Railway Stations, Towns and Villages in North East England

History of Railways in County Durham

History of Railways in Northumberland

Links Page
Railway Links - Mining Links - Bibliography

Teesside Trolleybus
route map of the system from North Ormesby to Eston.

Online Map Sources
historic maps, modern street maps, GIS maps, satellite images, aerial photographs.

Pictures in Print
Durham University Library collection of County Durham maps published prior to Ordnance Survey.

Category D
The 1951 plan to demolish coal mining villages in County Durham.

Railway map of North Yorkshire

Latest Maps - Eden Valley Railway from Appleby-in-Westmorland to Kirkby Stephen, 04 November 2009.

This website is non-commercial. No liability can be accepted for any inaccuracies.

Acknowledgements

Maps by the late Ken Hoole, railway historian and author.
North Eastern Railway Historical Maps by RA Cook and K Hoole.
Published by the Railway and Canal Historical Society 1975, ISBN 090146113X

Maps of wooden waggonways from the 2 volumes of
A Fighting Trade: rail transport in Tyne coal, 1600-1800
by G Bennett, E Clavering and A Rounding.
Published by Portcullis (Gateshead Council) 1990, ISBN 0901273147

Acknowledgement is made to the Public Libraries of:-
Durham County Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council,
for the free use of the People's Network computers.
www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk

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