Moorsley, Old Quarry

HER Number

3229

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Moorsley, Old Quarry

Place

Moorsley

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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 1857.

Easting

433280

Northing

545180

Grid Reference

NZ433280545180

Sources

<< HER 3229 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20