Rainton and Seaham Railway, Adventure Branch

HER Number:
3195

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Rainton and Seaham Railway, Adventure Branch

Place:
Rainton Bridge

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

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:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the Rainton and Seaham Railway, Adventure Branch (the western end of which was outside the county). This line was part of the Londonderry Railway which closed in 1896.

Easting:
3285

Northing:
4831

Grid Reference:
NZ32854831

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3195 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20 C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.14,16