Deckham, Quarry

HER Number

3824

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Deckham, Quarry

Place

Deckham

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

This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting

426560

Northing

561460

Grid Reference

NZ426560561460

Sources

<< HER 3824 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7