Whitburn, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2327

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Limestone Quarry

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it had been abandoned by c.1855.

Easting

440700

Northing

562520

Grid Reference

NZ440700562520

Sources

<< HER 2327 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8