Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

HER Number:
2396

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Limestone Quarry

Place:
Cleadon

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:
A Limestone Quarry, adjacent to Cleadon Laws farm. This is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting:
3800

Northing:
6346

Grid Reference:
NZ38006346

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2396 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4