Fence Houses Railway Station

HER Number

3143

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fence Houses Railway Station

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Railway Station on the North Eastern Railway (HER ref. 2290) at this location.

Easting

431795

Northing

550283

Grid Reference

NZ431795550283

Sources

<< HER 3143 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13