Marsden, Limestone Quarries

HER Number

2404

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Limestone Quarries

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Limestone Quarries are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. On the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan this site has been engulfed by another quarry (HER ref. 2482), perhaps an expansion of the existing one.

Easting

439609

Northing

564588

Grid Reference

NZ439609564588

Sources

<< HER 2404 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas