Chopwell, Quarry

HER Number

3344

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Quarry

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

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

Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so out of use by 1856.

Easting

411930

Northing

560350

Grid Reference

NZ411930560350

Sources

<< HER 3344 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5