Easington Lane, Quarry

HER Number

3000

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Easington Lane, Quarry

Place

Easington Lane

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

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, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

436330

Northing

545870

Grid Reference

NZ436330545870

Sources

<< HER 3000 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21