West Boldon, Quarry

HER Number

2312

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, 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

These quarries at West Boldon are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting

435040

Northing

561210

Grid Reference

NZ435040561210

Sources

<< HER 2312 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7