Millfield Quarry

HER Number

2823

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Millfield Quarry

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Millfield Quarry is visible on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, but the precise boundary of the site is unclear.

Easting

438630

Northing

556960

Grid Reference

NZ438630556960

Sources

<< HER 2823 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8