Fulwell, Quarry

HER Number

2705

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fulwell, Quarry

Place

Fulwell

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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 1855.

Easting

440360

Northing

559710

Grid Reference

NZ440360559710

Sources

<< HER 2705 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8