Houghton-le-Spring, Quarries

HER Number

2974

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton-le-Spring, Quarries

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

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

These Quarries are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were out of use by 1856.

Easting

435710

Northing

550780

Grid Reference

NZ435710550780

Sources

<< HER 2974 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14