Hedworth, Railway Spur

HER Number

2296

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hedworth, Railway Spur

Place

Hedworth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Demolished Building

Description

A Railway Spur from the North Eastern Railway Pontop and South Shields to the North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch (HER ref.s 2290 & 2288). It crossed the River Don by a wooden viaduct (HER ref. 2297).

Easting

434400

Northing

562860

Grid Reference

NZ434400562860

Sources

<< HER 2296 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3