Tunstall, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2940

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Tunstall, Limestone Quarry

Place

Tunstall

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, with a lime kiln at this location.

Easting

439110

Northing

554480

Grid Reference

NZ439110554480

Sources

<< HER 2940 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14