Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins Station

HER Number:
2285

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins Station

Place:
Brockley Whins

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

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:
The station was at the junction of the North Eastern Railway, South Shields and Sunderland Branches, with an unnamed spur, (HER numbers 2288, 2289 and 2296 respectively). A passenger service was in existence on this section of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway by 1844. Later the station was renamed Boldon Colliery.

Easting:
434510

Northing:
562860

Grid Reference:
NZ434510562860

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2285 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3