Byker, Tyne Quarry

HER Number:
4281

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Tyne Quarry

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Tyne Quarry is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting:
2810

Northing:
6343

Grid Reference:
NZ28106343

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4281 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW