Byermoor, Quarry

HER Number

3663

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Byermoor, Quarry

Place

Byermoor

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

418210

Northing

557190

Grid Reference

NZ418210557190

Sources

<< HER 3663 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6