Tunstall, Limestone Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(2949): Tunstall, Limestone Quarry - Details

HER Number:
2949

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Tunstall, Limestone Quarry

Place:
Tunstall

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

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:
This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting:
3995

Northing:
5371

Grid Reference:
NZ39955371

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2949 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14