Lemington Quarry

HER Number

4034

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Lemington Quarry

Place

Lemington

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

Lemington Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

418240

Northing

564950

Grid Reference

NZ418240564950

Sources

<< HER 4034 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97