West Boldon, Boldon Station

Boldon Station, on the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (SMR 2290). Marked as a Coal and Lime Depot on the 1st edition OS mapping, 1857 survey. May have been conveying lime from the quarries and kilns around Down Hill. Originally a passenger station, later a lime and coal depot. The goods yard and coal depot have been reconstruced at Beamish Museum.