Newbottle, Quarry

HER Number

3156

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Newbottle, Quarry

Place

Newbottle

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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

435280

Northing

551650

Grid Reference

NZ435280551650

Sources

<< HER 3156 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13