Brockley Whins, Sandstone Quarry

HER Number

2284

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Brockley Whins, Sandstone Quarry

Place

Brockley Whins

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 between Brockley Whins and High Simonside. This is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1854.

Easting

434840

Northing

563220

Grid Reference

NZ434840563220

Sources

<< HER 2284 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3