Byker, Quarry

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

Sources

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