East Rainton, Railway

HER Number

3621

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Rainton, Railway

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Railway is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857. It may have been part of an earlier line of the Londonderry Railway (HER ref. 3180).

Easting

432100

Northing

548790

Grid Reference

NZ432100548790

Sources

<< HER 3621 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20