High Spen, Quarry

High Spen, Quarry

HER Number

3352

District

Gateshead

Site Name

High Spen, Quarry

Place

High Spen

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

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 at this location.

Easting

413540

Northing

559810

Grid Reference

NZ413540559810

Sources

<< HER 3352 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5