Usworth Common, Quarry

HER Number

2601

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth Common, Quarry

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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 is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1857.

Easting

428570

Northing

558410

Grid Reference

NZ428570558410

Sources

<< HER 2601 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7