Houghton Quarry

HER Number

3168

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton Quarry

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Houghton Quarry with two lime kilns at this location.

Easting

433900

Northing

550590

Grid Reference

NZ433900550590

Sources

<< HER 3168 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13