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