Chopwell, Quarry

HER Number

3377

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Quarry

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

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, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

413920

Northing

558970

Grid Reference

NZ413920558970

Sources

<< HER 3377 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5