Offerton, Quarries

HER Number

3085

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Offerton, Quarries

Place

Offerton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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, possibly three, are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that they were probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

435260

Northing

555990

Grid Reference

NZ435260555990

Sources

<< HER 3085 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13