Kenton, Quarry

HER Number

4249

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Kenton, Quarry

Place

Kenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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 of the area, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

420730

Northing

568690

Grid Reference

NZ420730568690

Sources

<< HER 4249 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW