Marsden, Railway

HER Number

2483

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Railway

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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

This railway connected a Quarry (HER ref. 2482) to the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway (HER ref. 2466). Is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably built after 1855.

Easting

440280

Northing

564560

Grid Reference

NZ440280564560

Sources

<< HER 2483 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SW