Elswick West Quarry

HER Number

4102

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick West Quarry

Place

Elswick

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

Elswick West Quarry is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

422270

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ422270564000

Sources

<< HER 4102 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97