Bishopwearmouth, Millfield Engine Works

HER Number:
2820

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Millfield Engine Works

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Millfield Engine Works was possibly a Railway Works associated with the North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch (HER ref. 2659). The works were built after 1852 when the railway was opened.

Easting:
3845

Northing:
5715

Grid Reference:
NZ38455715

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2820 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8 N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.23