Whitburn, Quarry

HER Number

2576

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Quarry

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This quarry is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but not on the 1st edition, so was probably built after 1855.

Easting

4084

Northing

6215

Grid Reference

NZ40846215

Sources

<< HER 2576 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8, NE