Wrekenton, Quarry

HER Number

3886

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Wrekenton, Quarry

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

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

Easting

427610

Northing

558970

Grid Reference

NZ427610558970

Sources

<< HER 3886 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7