High Shields Station
High Shields Station
HER Number
2459
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
High Shields Station
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
High Shields Station is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855. It was on the North Eastern Railway, South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2288) and closed when the Metro opened in the 1980s.
Easting
435930
Northing
566390
Grid Reference
NZ435930566390
Sources
<< HER 2459 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the inner Shields plan area
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the inner Shields plan area