Shiremoor, Backworth Station

HER Number:
1146

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Shiremoor, Backworth Station

Place:
Shiremoor

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
A Station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref.1086). Built around 1864, this is the best surviving Blyth & Tyne railway station.

Easting:
3090

Northing:
7113

Grid Reference:
NZ30907113

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1146 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89 S.M. Linsley, Notes on the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, Industrial Sites....Recommended for Listing, p.259