Usworth, Sand Pit

HER Number

2458

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Sand Pit

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sand Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a Sand Pit, east of East House Farm.

Easting

431830

Northing

559460

Grid Reference

NZ431830559460

Sources

<< HER 2458 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7