Usworth, Station

HER Number

3051

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Station

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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

This station at the junction of the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Railway (HER ref. 2290), and the North Eastern Railway (HER ref. 2625) is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

431640

Northing

555200

Grid Reference

NZ431640555200

Sources

<< HER 3051 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13