Newburn, Mineral Railway

HER Number

4230

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn, Mineral Railway

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Mineral Railway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Mineral Railway appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it dates from after 1858.

Easting

417570

Northing

564650

Grid Reference

NZ417570564650

Sources

<< HER 4230 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96, NE