North Shields Terminus
North Shields Terminus
HER Number
2050
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
North Shields Terminus
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
North Shields Terminus, one of two termini to the Blyth & Tyne Railway (HER ref. 1049), the other being at Tynemouth (HER ref. 2046). This station was built around 1860-1, but was succeeded in 1864 by the station to the north-east (HER ref. 2084).
Easting
436340
Northing
569110
Grid Reference
NZ436340569110
Sources
<< HER 2050 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.11
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.11