Hylton, Quarry

HER Number

2777

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton, Quarry

Place

Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

436140

Northing

557370

Grid Reference

NZ436140557370

Sources

<< HER 2777 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8