Whickham, Quarry

HER Number

3657

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Quarry

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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 1857.

Easting

418050

Northing

558290

Grid Reference

NZ418050558290

Sources

<< HER 3657 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6