Usworth Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(2604): Usworth Quarry - Details

HER Number:
2604

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth Quarry

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Sandstone Quarry

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Usworth Sandstone Quarry was served by a wagonway (HER ref. 2606).

Easting:
430990

Northing:
558030

Grid Reference:
NZ430990558030

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2604 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7