Houghton-le-Spring, Quarry

HER Number

3170

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton-le-Spring, Quarry

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry on this site.

Easting

434420

Northing

550450

Grid Reference

NZ434420550450

Sources

<< HER 3170 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13