Walbottle Quarries

HER Number

3985

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walbottle Quarries

Place

Walbottle

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Walbottle Quarries are shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by c.1895.

Easting

417920

Northing

566570

Grid Reference

NZ417920566570

Sources

<< HER 3985 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87