Blakelaw, Quarry

Tyne and Wear HER(4254): Blakelaw, Quarry - Details

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HER Number:
4254

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Blakelaw, Quarry

Place:
Blakelaw

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
Blakelaw Quarry, with a smithy appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it opened after 1858.

Easting:
2118

Northing:
6685

Grid Reference:
NZ21186685

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4254 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW

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