Marsden, Quarry

HER Number

2491

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Quarry

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

This quarry at Marsden is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1895. It partly overlay an earlier ‘Old Quarry’ (HER ref. 2424). It had been served by railway (HER ref. 2494).

Easting

440810

Northing

563840

Grid Reference

NZ440810563840

Sources

<< HER 2491 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SE