Millfield Engine Works
Millfield Engine Works
HER Number
2820
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Millfield Engine Works
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Railway Engineering Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Millfield Engine Works was possibly a Railway Works associated with the North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch (HER ref. 2659). The works were built after 1852 when the railway was opened.
Easting
438450
Northing
557150
Grid Reference
NZ438450557150
Sources
<< HER 2820 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.23
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.23