Wrekenton, Quarries

HER Number

3851

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Wrekenton, Quarries

Place

Wrekenton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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

These Quarries are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that they were probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

426880

Northing

559490

Grid Reference

NZ426880559490

Sources

<< HER 3851 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7