North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch

HER Number:
2659

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch

Place:
South Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

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:
North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch had a station at Hylton (HER ref. 2660). The line was opened, from Penshaw to Hendon Junction in 1852, by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, which became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1854.

Easting:
4091

Northing:
5685

Grid Reference:
NZ40915685

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2659 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7 N.T. Sinclair, in Milburn & Miller,(eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways,p.26,27