Hetton-le-Hole, St. Nicholas Church, Tomb of Nicholas Wood

HER Number:
5186

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hetton-le-Hole, St. Nicholas Church, Tomb of Nicholas Wood

Place:
Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Tomb

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Friend and mentor of George Stephenson, Nicholas Wood was involved in the development of the locomotive and some early colliery railways. He was also involved in the Hetton Coal Company and in the construction of the Brandling Junction Railway. He died in 1865 aged 70. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3534

Northing:
4733

Grid Reference:
NZ35344733

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5186 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 79; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 8/6; N. Wood, 1825, A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Interior Communications in General