Tyne Quarry

HER Number

4281

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Tyne 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

Tyne Quarry is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

428100

Northing

563430

Grid Reference

NZ428100563430

Sources

<< HER 4281 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW