Elswick, Quarry

HER Number

4320

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick, 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

This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

423570

Northing

564960

Grid Reference

NZ423570564960

Sources

<< HER 4320 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NE