East Boldon, Quarry

HER Number

2583

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

East Boldon, Quarry

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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, marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan is not shown on the 1st edition, so was probably working sometime between 1855 and 1895.

Easting

435970

Northing

560610

Grid Reference

NZ435970560610

Sources

<< HER 2583 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8, NW