Southwick, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2756

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Southwick, Limestone Quarry

Place

Southwick

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

A Limestone Quarry with lime kilns (the number of which are unclear) are marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

438250

Northing

558720

Grid Reference

NZ438250558720

Sources

<< HER 2756 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8