MORPETH BRANCH RAILWAY


Description:  The Morpeth Branch of the Blyth and Tyne Railway was authorised in 1853. It incorporated the mineral railway from Newsham to Bedlington Colliery, opened in 1850, and the branch opened in 1857. The Bedlington section remains open for passenger traffic, and between Bedlington and Morpeth remains in use as a mineral railway.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  NORTHUMBERLAND

District:  BLYTH VALLEY

Parish:  BLYTH

Grid Reference:   NZ2085
NZ3079

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 420000, 585000
[EPSG:27700] 430000, 579000

Period:  MODERN, 1850, 1857, POST MEDIEVAL

Subject:  MINERAL RAILWAY, RAILWAY, STRUCTURE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: LINEAR 1545
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-1376297

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England