Silksworth, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2933

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth, Limestone Quarry

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Limestone Quarry on Newport Hill.

Easting

437920

Northing

553940

Grid Reference

NZ437920553940

Sources

<< HER 2933 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14