Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2415

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

Limestone Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping so was out of use by 1855.

Easting

438870

Northing

563050

Grid Reference

NZ438870563050

Sources

<< HER 2415 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas