Boldon Station

HER Number

2311

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Boldon Station

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Boldon Station, on the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (SMR 2290). Marked as a Coal and Lime Depot on the 1st edition OS mapping, 1857 survey. May have been conveying lime from the quarries and kilns around Down Hill. Originally a passenger station, later a lime and coal depot. The goods yard and coal depot have been reconstruced at Beamish Museum.

Easting

434280

Northing

560900

Grid Reference

NZ434280560900

Sources

<< HER 2311 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7