Greenside, Quarry

HER Number

3327

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Greenside, Quarry

Place

Greenside

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

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, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

413390

Northing

562070

Grid Reference

NZ413390562070

Sources

<< HER 3327 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5