Offerton, Quarries

HER Number

3113

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Offerton, Quarries

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

These Quarries are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

433990

Northing

554580

Grid Reference

NZ433990554580

Sources

<< HER 3113 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13