Wideopen, Quarry

Wideopen, Quarry

HER Number

1088

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wideopen, Quarry

Place

Wideopen

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This quarry probably dates from after 1857. A sandstone quarry.

Easting

424220

Northing

572610

Grid Reference

NZ424220572610

Sources

<< HER 1088 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE