Sandstone Quarry

HER Number

2389

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Sandstone Quarry

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

A Sandstone Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

436370

Northing

565820

Grid Reference

NZ436370565820

Sources

<< HER 2389 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4