Hylton, Southwick and Monkwearmouth Railway Act 1871
WHEREAS the making of a railway from the Pontop and South Shields line of the North-eastern Railway in the township of Barmston, in the parish of Washington, to the Newcastle and Sunderland line of the same railway in the township and parish of Monkwearmouth, with a branch railway therefrom in the township of Southwick, all in the county of Durham, would be of public and local advantage: And whereas the several persons herein-after named, with others, are willing at their own expense to make ...