Walbottle, Quarry

HER Number

4226

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walbottle, Quarry

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

A Quarry appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it dates from after 1858.

Easting

417190

Northing

566350

Grid Reference

NZ417190566350

Sources

<< HER 4226 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96, NE