Structure Name: Name unknown by SINE

Description:
 

Disused five-arched railway viaduct constructed in roughly squared and snecked stone for the Berwick -on-Tweed Branch line of the North Eastern Railway, which ran between Alnwick and Coldstream.
 

Extant: Yes

Legal Status: Listed Building Grade II

Location: Edlingham, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 411770m (view map)

Northings: 609300m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 50m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: RAILWAY VIADUCT

Historical Background
 

The viaduct at Edlingham was built c.1885 for the North Eastern Railway's Cornhill Branch, which opened in 1887 and closed in 1953.
 

Chronology:

• 1885   Rough date of construction on the Cornhill Branch for the North Eastern Railway.
      Entities Involved:
            North Eastern Railway (NER): Ordered the construction of the Cornhill Branch line.

References:

• Images of England
• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR
• Pevsner, N., Richmond, I., Grundy, J., McCombie, G., Ryder, P. and Welfare, H. (2001) The Buildings of England: Northumberland. London, Penguin Books, p.264

The information displayed in this page has been derived from authoritative sources, including any referenced above. Although substantial efforts were made to verify this information, the SINE project cannot guarantee its correctness or completeness.

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