Cox Green, Quarry

HER Number

3071

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Cox Green, Quarry

Place

Cox Green

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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

This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1858.

Easting

432480

Northing

555060

Grid Reference

NZ432480555060

Sources

<< HER 3071 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13