Blue Quarries

Blue Quarries

HER Number

3830

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blue Quarries

Place

Sheriff Hill

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Blue Quarries at this location.

Easting

426820

Northing

560710

Grid Reference

NZ426820560710

Sources

<< HER 3830 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7