Birtley, Quarry

HER Number

3899

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Quarry

Place

Birtley

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

428230

Northing

557500

Grid Reference

NZ428230557500

Sources

<< HER 3899 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7