Offerton, Quarry

HER Number

3088

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Offerton, Quarry

Place

Offerton

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 probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

433830

Northing

554960

Grid Reference

NZ433830554960

Sources

<< HER 3088 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13