NHER 13756 (Monument record) - Gay and Wilson's Tramway, Grimston Warren

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Summary

A post medieval tramway which took sand from Grimston Warren to Bawsey. The tramway closed in 1905. It was surveyed during the Grimston Warren (West) Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey in 2007.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF62SE
Civil Parish GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Sand from Grimston Warren taken to Bawsey Siding.
Closed after 1905.
Information from (S1) but the grid references in this article are taken from a one-inch map.
(S2) shows a tramway diverging from the main railway at TF68162106, running north to a strange kink (reversing spur?) then dividing, one branch to the northeast to a set of sidings in a sand pit, a longer branch to the northwest to another pit at TF 6788 2188. Given the date it seems probable this is the correct line of Gay and Wilson’s rather than being a different tramway.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 January 2007.

March 2007. Walkover Survey.
Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Grimston Warren (West), Site 9:
See report (S3) for expanded analytical description.
J. Allen (NLA), 3 July 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 August 2015.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Fisher, C. 1978. The Narrow Gauge Tramways of Norfolk. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol II No 3 pp 36-41. p 40.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2007. Grimston Warren (West). Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor.

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Record last edited

May 3 2023 8:15AM

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