Backworth Station
Backworth Station
HER Number
1146
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Backworth Station
Place
Shiremoor
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
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
A Station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref.1086). Built around 1864, this is the best surviving Blyth & Tyne railway station.
Easting
430900
Northing
571130
Grid Reference
NZ430900571130
Sources
<< HER 1146 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
S.M. Linsley, Notes on the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, Industrial Sites....Recommended for Listing, p.259
S.M. Linsley, Notes on the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, Industrial Sites....Recommended for Listing, p.259