Whickham, Quarry

HER Number

3717

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Quarry

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

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 1857.

Easting

421000

Northing

559060

Grid Reference

NZ421000559060

Sources

<< HER 3717 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6