SMEAFIELD
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Description
"...Smeafield consists only of a farmstead, and there is no appreciable population centre in the locality which would seem to justify the provision of a station. When the contracts were let by the Newcastle & Berwick Railway, Smeafield was in the category of receiving a gatekeeper’s or platelayer’s cottage, and it was located at a level crossing about 400yd north of the farm on a lane between the Great North Road (now A1) and the hamlet of Elwick. Although identified as Smeafield in the contract, the Ordnance Survey map of 1865 (by which time the line was operated by the North Eastern Railway) shows the location as Elwick Gate....." -
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Further information
Link: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/smeafield/
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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