Brockley Whins, Quarry

HER Number

2286

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Brockley Whins, Quarry

Place

Brockley Whins

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

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

Easting

434850

Northing

562860

Grid Reference

NZ434850562860

Sources

<< HER 2286 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3