Byker, Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(4167): Byker, Quarry - Details

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HER Number:
4167

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Quarry

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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 appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895. The boundaries of the site cannot be located precisely using the map evidence.

Easting:
427530

Northing:
564340

Grid Reference:
NZ427530564340

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4167 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97

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