Marsden, Railway

HER Number

2494

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Railway

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This railway connected quarries (HER ref.s 2491 & 2492) with the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway (HER ref. 2466). It is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably built after 1855.

Easting

440990

Northing

563880

Grid Reference

NZ440990563880

Sources

<< HER 2494 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SE