West Boldon, Quarry

HER Number

2310

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, 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 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting

434990

Northing

560680

Grid Reference

NZ434990560680

Sources

<< HER 2310 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7