Whickham, Quarry

HER Number

3724

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Quarry

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

420860

Northing

561550

Grid Reference

NZ420860561550

Sources

<< HER 3724 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6