Bishopwearmouth, Limestone Quarries

HER Number:
4456

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Limestone Quarries

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Limestone Quarry

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
These Quarries are shown on Rain's Eye Plan in the Rector's Park.

Easting:
3931

Northing:
5739

Grid Reference:
NZ39315739

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4456 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 51