Cox Green Station, Cast Iron Guide Post
Cox Green Station, Cast Iron Guide Post
HER Number
1717
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Cox Green Station, Cast Iron Guide Post
Place
Cox Green
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Signpost
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
An old cast iron guide post remains next to the modern signs fixed to a lamp post. Between them is a stone bearing the legend: "New Penshaw 1867". Its purpose is unknown.
Easting
433040
Northing
554900
Grid Reference
NZ433040554900
Sources
<< HER 1717 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area