Gellesfield Quarry

HER Number

3669

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gellesfield Quarry

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

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 Gellesfield Quarry at this location.

Easting

420790

Northing

559580

Grid Reference

NZ420790559580

Sources

<< HER 3669 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6