Penshaw, Penshaw Quarry

HER Number:
3103

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Quarry

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

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:
First shown on the 1775 Tempest Plan of Panshaw. Still operational in 1862. First edition locates a smithy within the quarry. The quarry was served by Penshaw Quarry Railway. Quarry disused by 1896 though the railway tracks were still in place.

Easting:
3273

Northing:
5306

Grid Reference:
NZ32735306

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3103 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227); 19th century quarry plans, TWAS DS.JWL/46/1 and 6