West Boldon, Boldon Station

HER Number:
2311

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
West Boldon, Boldon Station

Place:
West Boldon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

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:
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:
3428

Northing:
6090

Grid Reference:
NZ34286090

Lats/Lons:

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