Marsden, Quarry

HER Number

2492

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Quarry

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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, served by a railway (HER ref. 2494), is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so opened after 1855.

Easting

441020

Northing

563770

Grid Reference

NZ441020563770

Sources

<< HER 2492 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SE