Washington Lane Cabin

HER Number

2629

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington Lane Cabin

Place

North Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Signal

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Washington Lane Cabin, at the junction of Washington Lane and the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields branch (HER ref. 2290), was probably a signal box or crossing control.

Easting

433730

Northing

558710

Grid Reference

NZ433730558710

Sources

<< HER 2629 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7