Jarrow, Railway Spur

HER Number

2573

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Railway Spur

Place

Jarrow

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

A railway spur from the Pontop and Jarrow Railway (HER ref. 1007) to Palmers Shipyard (HER ref. 2534). It is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so was probably built after 1855.

Easting

432120

Northing

565510

Grid Reference

NZ432120565510

Sources

<< HER 2573 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE