Wrekenton, Quarries

Tyne and Wear HER(3851): Wrekenton, Quarries - Details

HER Number:
3851

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Wrekenton, Quarries

Place:
Wrekenton

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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 are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that they were probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
2688

Northing:
5949

Grid Reference:
NZ26885949

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3851 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7