Throckley, Quarry

HER Number

4237

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley, Quarry

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Quarry appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, where it is marked as ‘Old’, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it dates from the period between 1858 and 1895.

Easting

416350

Northing

567790

Grid Reference

NZ416350567790

Sources

<< HER 4237 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 87, SE