Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2397

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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 was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

438240

Northing

563640

Grid Reference

NZ438240563640

Sources

<< HER 2397 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4