Shiremoor, quarry

HER Number

2175

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Shiremoor, quarry

Place

Shiremoor

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, and not shown on the 1st edition, so was in use in the period between 1858 and 1895.

Easting

431170

Northing

570780

Grid Reference

NZ431170570780

Sources

<< HER 2175 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW