West Boldon, level crossing

HER Number

8678

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, level crossing

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Level Crossing

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Level crossing on the Newcastle to Sunderland Road (HER 2315). Opened in 1834 on the Pontop & South Shields branch of the Stanhope line (HER 2290). There was no signal box until 1903.

Easting

434260

Northing

560930

Grid Reference

NZ434260560930

Sources

S. Reeder, 2000, The Boldons in Old Picture Postcards