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Monkwearmouth Station Museum


Monkwearmouth Station"The new railway station in North Bridge Street, Monkwearmouth was opened on 19 June 1848. It was the new Sunderland terminus for the Brandling Junction Railway, opened in 1839, that linked Wearside with South Shields and Gateshead..... in 1967 it was closed to travellers ...The building was saved from dereliction by Sunderland Corporation and was reopened as a Museum by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh in 1973...." (Local History Fact Sheet, Sunderland Public Library Service). The building is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

North Bridge Street, Sunderland, SR5 1AP

Museums, Archives, Galleries and Collections Historic Buildings and Monuments in Sunderland 1848 Grade II* Listed 1839 Historical Account of Gateshead to South Shields and Sunderland Railway line. Railway Stations Monkwearmouth
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Monkwearmouth Station Museum
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Monkwearmouth Station Museum - Local Studies Fact Sheet
- "The new railway station in North Bridge Street, Monkwearmouth was opened on 19 June 1848. It was the new Sunderland terminus for the Brandling Junction Railway, opened in 1839, that …

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Tyne and Wear HER(2751): Monkwearmouth, Monkwearmouth Station
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MONKWEARMOUTH MUSEUM OF LAND TRANSPORT WITH WALLS, FOOTBRIDGE, WAITING ROOM - List Entry
- "Formerly known as: Monkwearmouth Station NORTH BRIDGE STREET. Railway station, now museum. Main building and screen walls 1848 as branch terminus of the Brandling Junction Railway for the York, Newcastle …

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Monkwearmouth Station Museum, Sunderland

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Monkwearmouth station, 1954

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List number: 1209029
List grade: 2*
Grid ref: NZ3961057671
Post code: SR5 1AP
Borough: Sunderland

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