Cleadon, Lime Kiln

HER Number

2403

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cleadon, Lime Kiln

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Chemical Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Lime Kiln

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Lime Kiln is marked here on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan along with what appears to be its accompanying quarry. On the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan this site has been engulfed by a quarry (HER ref. 2482), suggesting that the kiln was out of use by 1895.

Easting

439440

Northing

564480

Grid Reference

NZ439440564480

Sources

<< HER 2403 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4