Southwick, Limestone Quarry

HER Number:
2756

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, Limestone Quarry

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Limestone Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Limestone Quarry with lime kilns (the number of which are unclear) are marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were probably out of use by 1855.

Easting:
3825

Northing:
5872

Grid Reference:
NZ38255872

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2756 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8