Londonderry Railway

HER Number

3180

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Londonderry Railway

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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 branch of the Londonderry Railway, from the Britannia Iron Works (HER ref. 3165) to the North eastern Railway, (HER ref. 2625) may originally have continued southwards (HER ref. 3621), and to the north (HER ref. 3130).

Easting

432330

Northing

549760

Grid Reference

NZ432330549760

Sources

<< HER 3180 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20