Fulwell, Limestone Quarries

HER Number

2703

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fulwell, Limestone Quarries

Place

Fulwell

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Two limestone quarries are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were out of use by 1855.

Easting

439920

Northing

559780

Grid Reference

NZ439920559780

Sources

<< HER 2703 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8