Brandling Junction Railway, Sunderland Branch (later NER)

HER Number:
2289

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Brandling Junction Railway, Sunderland Branch (later NER)

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch was originally the Brandling Junction Railway from Gateshead to Monkwearmouth, opened in 1839. Its southern terminus was Monkwearmouth Station (HER ref. 2751). The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an electric telegraph running alongside the line.

Easting:
2966

Northing:
6215

Grid Reference:
NZ29666215

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2289 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3 N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.6; W.W. Tomlinson, 1914, The North Eastern Railway - Its Rise and Development, p 327