High Moorsley Quarry

HER Number

3227

District

Sunderland

Site Name

High Moorsley Quarry

Place

Moorsley

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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

High Moorsley Quarry is shown with two lime kilns on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

433320

Northing

545460

Grid Reference

NZ433320545460

Sources

<< HER 3227 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20; Moorley Tithe Plan, 1838 (DUL DDR/WA/TTH/1/167)