Tyne and Wear HER(3886): Wrekenton, Quarry - Details
3886
Gateshead
Wrekenton, Quarry
Wrekenton
NZ25NE
Industrial
Mineral Extraction Site
Quarry
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Documentary Evidence
This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.
427610
558970
NZ427610558970
<< HER 3886 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7