Heworth, Leam Lane Quarries

HER Number

3893

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Heworth, Leam Lane Quarries

Place

Heworth

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Leam Lane Quarries 1858. Out of use by 1898.

Easting

428740

Northing

559700

Grid Reference

NZ428740559700

Sources

<< HER 3893 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; URS, 2011, Leam Lane, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment