Robinson's Quarry

HER Number

2307

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Robinson's Quarry

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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

Robinson's Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1895.

Easting

435210

Northing

560580

Grid Reference

NZ435210560580

Sources

<< HER 2307 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7