Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2396

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Limestone Quarry, adjacent to Cleadon Laws farm. This is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

438000

Northing

563460

Grid Reference

NZ438000563460

Sources

<< HER 2396 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4