Heworth, Leam Lane Quarries

Tyne and Wear HER(3893): Heworth, Leam Lane Quarries - Details

HER Number:
3893

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth, Leam Lane Quarries

Place:
Heworth

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:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Leam Lane Quarries 1858. Out of use by 1898.

Easting:
2874

Northing:
5970

Grid Reference:
NZ28745970

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3893 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; URS, 2011, Leam Lane, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment