Tyne and Wear HER(4025): South Gosforth, Gosforth Station - Details
4025
Newcastle
South Gosforth, Gosforth Station
South Gosforth
NZ26NE
Transport
Railway Transport Site
Railway Station
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Gosforth Station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway. In 1852 the Blyth and Tyne Railway was handed over to a public company. In 1865 under the chairmanship of Joseph Laycock J.P. of Low Gosforth, a branch to Newcastle was built and the Gosforth station opened.
2515
6800
NZ25156800
<< HER 4025 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88; R. Welford, 1879, A History of the Parish of Gosforth; National Monuments Record monument number 506080, building file BF015518