Blaydon Burn, Cowen's Crossings

HER Number:
8466

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Cowen's Crossings

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Level Crossing

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Where the Blaydon Burn waggonway eventually crossed the Newcastle-Hexham road was known as Cowen’s Crossing, controlled manually (Figure 25). The approach to the crossing from the east, with the warning sign ‘Beware Engine’, is shown in a postcard of c.1920 (Blaydon in Old Picture postcards, 8). No visble remains.

Easting:
1801

Northing:
6359

Grid Reference:
NZ18016359

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures