Offerton, Quarries

HER Number:
3085

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Offerton, Quarries

Place:
Offerton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

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:
These Quarries, possibly three, are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that they were probably out of use by 1858.

Easting:
3526

Northing:
5599

Grid Reference:
NZ35265599

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3085 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13