Blakelaw, Quarry

HER Number

4254

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Blakelaw, Quarry

Place

Blakelaw

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

Blakelaw Quarry, with a smithy appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it opened after 1858.

Easting

421180

Northing

566850

Grid Reference

NZ421180566850

Sources

<< HER 4254 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW