North Eastern Railway, Harton Branch

HER Number:
2550

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
North Eastern Railway, Harton Branch

Place:
Harton

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

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:
Together with HER ref. 2232 this record represents the North Eastern Railway Harton Branch which was opened in 1867, largely following the line of the old Brandling Junction Railway Biddick Branch (HER ref. 2232). It also replaced the northern section of a wagonway (HER ref. 2395) from Harton Colliery to the North Eastern Railway South Shields Branch.

Easting:
3574

Northing:
6453

Grid Reference:
NZ35746453

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2550 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, SW, 4 N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.12