Heaton, Quarry

HER Number

4257

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton, Quarry

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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, indicating that it had fallen into disuse by 1895.

Easting

425480

Northing

567670

Grid Reference

NZ425480567670

Sources

<< HER 4257 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SE