North Hylton, Sandstone Quarry

HER Number

2642

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Hylton, Sandstone Quarry

Place

North Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sandstone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

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

Easting

435490

Northing

557550

Grid Reference

NZ435490557550

Sources

<< HER 2642 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7