Jarrow, Sandstone Quarry

HER Number

2271

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Sandstone Quarry

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sandstone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Sandstone Quarry, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1854.

Easting

432930

Northing

564490

Grid Reference

NZ432930564490

Sources

<< HER 2271 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3