NER, Blyth and Tyne Railway, Extension

HER Number

2201

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

NER, Blyth and Tyne Railway, Extension

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

An extension from the North Eastern Railway, Blyth and Tyne Albert Edward Dock branchline (HER ref. 2139) at NZ 3427 6684, to the Commissioner's Staiths (South) (HER ref. 2200) and the eastern end of the Northumbrland Dock (HER ref. 2111). This does not appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan so was built after 1858.

Easting

434940

Northing

566430

Grid Reference

NZ434940566430

Sources

<< HER 2201 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NE