South Gosforth, Quarry

HER Number

4256

District

Newcastle

Site Name

South Gosforth, Quarry

Place

South Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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 is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it had fallen into disuse by 1895.

Easting

425400

Northing

567910

Grid Reference

NZ425400567910

Sources

<< HER 4256 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SE