Silksworth, Quarry

HER Number

2916

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth, Quarry

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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 probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

435880

Northing

553630

Grid Reference

NZ435880553630

Sources

<< HER 2916 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14