West Boldon, Quarry

HER Number:
2308

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
West Boldon, Quarry

Place:
West Boldon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Limestone Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use before 1857. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey planalso shows a track to limekilns (HER ref. 2309), suggesting that this was a limestone quarry, supplying those kilns. The quarry seems to have been reworked between 1855 and 1895 as the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, where it is again marked as ‘Old’, shows that it had expanded during that period.

Easting:
3534

Northing:
6063

Grid Reference:
NZ35346063

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2308 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7