Longbenton, Benton Station (Four Lane Ends Metro Station)

HER Number:
1085

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Benton Station (Four Lane Ends Metro Station)

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Station

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Benton Station, on the Blyth & Tyne Railway (HER 1086). Opened on 27th June 1864 and closed on 1st March 1871. Four Lane Ends Metro Station opened on 11th March 1980.

Easting:
2703

Northing:
6846

Grid Reference:
NZ27036846

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1085 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book Two, p 4; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 47