Scotswood, Scotswood Station

HER Number:
4072

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Scotswood, Scotswood Station

Place:
Scotswood

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Station

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Scotswood Station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was opened in 1839. The station was primarily for goods and acted as a junction between the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway and the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. This situation changed with the taking over of the Scotswood branch in 1883. The station buildings included a coal depot, warehouse, loading dock and sidings to the adjacent Armstrong Whitworth Engineering Works. The station was seriously damaged by fire in October 1879. This caused the rearrangement of building function whilst new buildings were constructed. The station closed in 1967 - partly as a result of the construction work in Scotswood, and in particular the work for the present Scotswood Road Bridge.

Easting:
2008

Northing:
6385

Grid Reference:
NZ20086385

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4072 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97 G. Whittle, 1979, The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, p 110-111, 115, 121, 184-185; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2008, Scotswood Housing Expo, Newcastle upon Tyne, Historic Buildings Recording