Houghton-le-Spring, Sand Pit

HER Number

3172

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton-le-Spring, Sand Pit

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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

This Sand Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

435330

Northing

550700

Grid Reference

NZ435330550700

Sources

<< HER 3172 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13