West Boldon, Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(2312): West Boldon, Quarry - Details

HER Number:
2312

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:
Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
These quarries at West Boldon are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
3504

Northing:
6121

Grid Reference:
NZ35046121

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2312 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7