Moorsley, Old Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(3229): Moorsley, Old Quarry - Details

HER Number:
3229

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Moorsley, Old Quarry

Place:
Moorsley

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

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:
This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
3328

Northing:
4518

Grid Reference:
NZ33284518

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3229 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20