Marley Hill, Quarry

HER Number

3692

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Marley Hill, Quarry

Place

Marley Hill

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, marked on historic Ordnance Survey maps was linked to the Pontop and Jarrow Railway (HER ref. 1007) by a short wagonway.

Easting

418370

Northing

557160

Grid Reference

NZ418370557160

Sources

<< HER 3692 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6