Usworth Common, Quarries

HER Number

2602

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth Common, Quarries

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

These two Quarries are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were out of use by 1857.

Easting

428820

Northing

558270

Grid Reference

NZ428820558270

Sources

<< HER 2602 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7