Jarrow Slake Toll House. On the road from Gateshead to South Shields. On the 1st edition OS 6" mapping it appears to be a Toll House with Gate.

An unnamed waggonway is shown on Gibson's map of 1788 labelled 'to the staith 6 3/4 mile'. Also shown on Hobson, 1839, Bell 1843 and the tithe map 1847. Originally the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, the line opened in 1834. The Stanhope and Tyne Railway Company quickly went bankrupt, and the railway had several subsequent owners. Built by an Act of Parliament. In the west, between Stanhope and Vigo, where it was steeper, there were stationary engines, self-acting inclines and horsepower. In the east locomotive engines were used. At South Shields the three drops (HER 2336) each had a vibrating frame and counterbalance weight, which allowed vessels to receive their cargoes even at low tide. The line was designed to carry coal from collieries to the kilns in the limestone quarries at Stanhope, and limestone back again. Construction utilised iron fish-bellied rails on stone blocks. The gauge of the line was 4ft 8 inches. Passenger services between South Shields and the Durham turnpike commenced in 1835 - this was the first public railway on Tyneside. From 1842-1846 the line was run by the Pontop and South Shields Railway Company, which included many of the original shareholders. George Stephenson was Chairman. Coal freight was the main traffic. In 1844 part of the line was run by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company as part of the east coast route from London to Gateshead. In 1847 the Pontop and South Shields Railway Company was absorbed by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company, run by George Hudson. The company changed its name to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company in 1848, and to the North Eastern Railway Company in 1854. Passenger services ceased east of Washington in 1853 and west of Washington in 1869. The National Coal Board used the line until it was closed to freight traffic in 1966. The line finally closed in 1981. The track was lifted and the section from Consett to Washington East became the Sustrans cycle route, which opened in 1990. Much of the dismantled railway line remains unused however.

The North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch was originally the Brandling Junction Railway from Gateshead to Monkwearmouth, opened in 1839. The line passed through an unbroken tract of open countryside, except at Fulwell where a cutting had to be created through the magnesian limestone, nearly a mile long and up to 29 feet deep. Its southern terminus was Monkwearmouth Station (HER 2751). The 1st edition OS mapping shows an electric telegraph running alongside the line. Trains began running regularly between Sunderland and South Shields from June 1839.

This had Stations at Jarrow Docks (SMR 2378), Brockley Whins (SMR 2285) and Low Station (SMR 2353) which formed its northern Terminus in South Shields. The 1st edition OS mapping shows an electric telegraph running alongside the line. Its southern terminus was at the North Eastern Railway, Newcastle and Sunderland Branch, (SMR 2239). It was originally the Brandling Junction Railway South Shields Branch. The line was built in 1839 but its northern section was diverted in 1842 to a new station near South Shields Market Place, (SMR 2353). The original northern course is recorded as SMR 2563. Early in the 20th century, electro-pneumatic signals were installed between Brockley Whins and the Tyne Dock, the first use of this system in the country.

Toll Road from Gateshead to South Shields. Ran at least some of its length along the line of the Wrekendyke. Related sites included Jarrow Slake Turnpike (SMR 2291), Primrose Bridge (SMR 2273), Dean Bridge (SMR 2376). On the1st edition OS mapping, its course is unclear beyond NZ 3555 6654. Its southern end appears to have been at White Mere Pool where it joined the road to Wearmouth.

Quarry, marked as Old on 1st edition OS mapping, so probably out of use by 1854.

The station was at the junction of the North Eastern Railway, South Shields and Sunderland Branches,
with an unnamed spur, (SMR numbers 2288, 2289 and 2296 respectively). A passenger service was in existence on this section of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway by 1844. Later the station was renamed Boldon Colliery.

Sandstone Quarry between Brockley Whins and High Simonside. This is marked as Old on the first edition OS mapping - so was out of use before 1854.

Dam, at Hedworth, which is marked as Old on the first edition OS mapping. This mapping shows a pond behind the dam. The dam was out of use by 1854.

The first edition OS mapping shows the brickfield adjacent to the works. 1861
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 122 site 10.