East Boldon, Quarry

HER Number:
2583

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
East Boldon, Quarry

Place:
East 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:
This quarry, marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan is not shown on the 1st edition, so was probably working sometime between 1855 and 1895.

Easting:
3597

Northing:
6061

Grid Reference:
NZ35976061

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2583 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8, NW