Millfield Bridge

HER Number

2849

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Millfield Bridge

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Bridge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

An iron bridge carrying the North East Railway, Penshaw Branch over the Hetton Company Railway (HER ref. 2659 and HER ref. 2848).

Easting

438810

Northing

556710

Grid Reference

NZ438810556710

Sources

<< HER 2849 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8