Bishopwearmouth, Limestone Quarries
Bishopwearmouth, Limestone Quarries
HER Number
4456
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Bishopwearmouth, Limestone Quarries
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
Site Type: Specific
Limestone Quarry
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
These Quarries are shown on Rain's Eye Plan in the Rector's Park.
Easting
439310
Northing
557390
Grid Reference
NZ439310557390
Sources
<< HER 4456 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 51
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 51