Tunstall, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2950

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

This Limestone Quarry and two associated lime kilns are all marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

439090

Northing

554070

Grid Reference

NZ439090554070

Sources

<< HER 2950 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14