Blaydon, Blaydon Bank Quarry

HER Number:
3440

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, Blaydon Bank Quarry

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Blaydonbank Quarry. This quarry produced stone for local building. It is now untidy, overgrown and under-used but its near vertical faces create a dramatic space on the west side of Blaydon Bank South. On the east side of the road the quarry has been reclaimed to form a playing field.

Easting:
1810

Northing:
6282

Grid Reference:
NZ18106282

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3440 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; Gateshead Council, 1999, Blaydon Bank Conservation Area Character Statement