Gilley Law Quarry

Gilley Law Quarry

HER Number

2934

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Gilley Law 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 the Gilley Law Quarry (limestone).

Easting

437550

Northing

553580

Grid Reference

NZ437550553580

Sources

<< HER 2934 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14