Westoe, Quarry

HER Number

2478

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Westoe, Quarry

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A quarry, marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not shown on the 1st edition, so probably active between 1855 and 1895. The precise location of the quarry is unclear.

Easting

436450

Northing

565380

Grid Reference

NZ436450565380

Sources

<< HER 2478 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SW