Dinnington, Quarry

HER Number

4244

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dinnington, Quarry

Place

Dinnington

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

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 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

423400

Northing

572720

Grid Reference

NZ423400572720

Sources

<< HER 4244 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE