West Herrington, Quarry

HER Number

3150

District

Sunderland

Site Name

West Herrington, Quarry

Place

West Herrington

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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 is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

435000

Northing

552510

Grid Reference

NZ435000552510

Sources

<< HER 3150 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13