North Eastern Railway, Harton Branch
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
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
435740
Northing
564530
Grid Reference
NZ435740564530
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
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.12