Shiremoor, quarry

HER Number

2002

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Shiremoor, quarry

Place

Shiremoor

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows a Quarry at Moor Houses on Shiremoor. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an expansion of the quarry.

Easting

433450

Northing

569500

Grid Reference

NZ433450569500

Sources

<< HER 2002 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89