Usworth, Usworth Common, Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(2601): Usworth, Usworth Common, Quarry - Details

HER Number:
2601

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, Usworth Common, Quarry

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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 is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1857.

Easting:
2857

Northing:
5841

Grid Reference:
NZ28575841

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2601 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7