High Spen, Quarry

HER Number

3370

District

Gateshead

Site Name

High Spen, Quarry

Place

High Spen

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

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 Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

414240

Northing

559930

Grid Reference

NZ414240559930

Sources

<< HER 3370 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5