High Bridge Works

HER Number

4275

District

Newcastle

Site Name

High Bridge Works

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Railway Engineering Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

High Bridge Works were railway works on the North Eastern Railway, Tynemouth to Newcastle branch. These works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that they were built after 1858.

Easting

428080

Northing

565670

Grid Reference

NZ428080565670

Sources

<< HER 4275 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW