Gateshead, Quarries

Gateshead, Quarries

HER Number

3496

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Quarries

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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 Quarries at this location.

Easting

425500

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ425500563000

Sources

<< HER 3496 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2