St. Nicholas Church, Tomb of Nicholas Wood
St. Nicholas Church, Tomb of Nicholas Wood
HER Number
5186
District
Sunderland
Site Name
St. Nicholas Church, Tomb of Nicholas Wood
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Tomb
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Friend and mentor of George Stephenson, Nicholas Wood was involved in the development of the locomotive and some early colliery railways. He was also involved in the Hetton Coal Company and in the construction of the Brandling Junction Railway. He died in 1865 aged 70. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435340
Northing
547330
Grid Reference
NZ435340547330
Sources
<< HER 5186 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 79; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 8/6; N. Wood, 1825, A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Interior Communications in General