Whickham, Gravel Pit

HER Number

3651

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Gravel Pit

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Gravel Pit

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The precise location of this gravel pit is unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

419280

Northing

559610

Grid Reference

NZ419280559610

Sources

<< HER 3651 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6