Blaydon Bank Quarry
Blaydon Bank Quarry
HER Number
3440
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Bank Quarry
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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
Earthwork
Description
Blaydonbank Quarry. This quarry produced stone for local building. It is now untidy, overgrown and under-used but its near vertical faces create a dramatic space on the west side of Blaydon Bank South. On the east side of the road the quarry has been reclaimed to form a playing field.
Easting
418100
Northing
562820
Grid Reference
NZ418100562820
Sources
<< HER 3440 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; Gateshead Council, 1999, Blaydon Bank Conservation Area Character Statement