Houghton-le-Spring, Sand Pit

HER Number

3167

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton-le-Spring, Sand Pit

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Sand Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Sand Pit at Houghton Le Spring.

Easting

433810

Northing

550590

Grid Reference

NZ433810550590

Sources

<< HER 3167 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13