Newton Road Quarry

HER Number

4260

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newton Road 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

Newton Road Quarry is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

426330

Northing

567230

Grid Reference

NZ426330567230

Sources

<< HER 4260 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SE