Down Hill Quarry

HER Number

2631

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Down Hill Quarry

Place

North Hylton

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

Easting

435200

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ435200560000

Sources

<< HER 2631 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7