Down Hill, Quarry

HER Number

2305

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Down Hill, Quarry

Place

West Boldon

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

This quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1895.

Easting

434830

Northing

560320

Grid Reference

NZ434830560320

Sources

<< HER 2305 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7