Percy Main, Railway

HER Number

2027

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Percy Main, Railway

Place

Percy Main

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

A railway spur from the NER Tynemouth Branch, perhaps towards Seaton Burn Wagonway, but this is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. Percy Main Station North (HER ref. 2020) was on this stretch of line.

Easting

433540

Northing

567560

Grid Reference

NZ433540567560

Sources

<< HER 2027 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89