West Denton, Quarry

HER Number

4291

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West Denton, Quarry

Place

West Denton

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

This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

419200

Northing

565800

Grid Reference

NZ419200565800

Sources

<< HER 4291 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW