Penshaw, Quarry

HER Number

3078

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw, Quarry

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

432320

Northing

554470

Grid Reference

NZ432320554470

Sources

<< HER 3078 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13