Tunstall, Quarry

HER Number

2939

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Tunstall, Quarry

Place

Tunstall

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

439240

Northing

554660

Grid Reference

NZ439240554660

Sources

<< HER 2939 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14