Blyth & Tyne Railway

HER Number

1112

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Blyth & Tyne Railway

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A short section of railway from NZ 3088 7170 to NZ 3095 7122, forming a link between two sections of the Blyth & Tyne Railway (HER refs. 1086 & 1055).

Easting

430970

Northing

571460

Grid Reference

NZ430970571460

Sources

<< HER 1112 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89