Whitley Bay, Whitley and Marden Quarries

HER Number:
1193

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Whitley and Marden Quarries

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Quarry

Site Type: Specific:
Limestone Quarry

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Whitley Quarry was also variously known as Whitley Lime Kiln Farm, Marden Farm or the Maudiln Pits. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map shows limekilns and an engine house within the site. A reservoir, belonging to North Shields Water Works also lies within the quarry (HER ref. 2001). The earliest records show a John Dove leasing the site in 1663. By around 1825 it had 12 lime kilns, including one battery of 6, 3 old kilns, a windmill, smithy and an internal wagonway system. It used the Whitley Wagonway to transport materials to the Tyne. Before the establishment of the railways it was probably the biggest lime producer in Northumberland. By 1850 it was in decline, with the flooded portion in use as a reservoir. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3529

Northing:
7144

Grid Reference:
NZ35297144

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1193 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89 S.M. Linsley, Notes on the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, Whitley Quarry, p.240; C. W. Steel, 2000, Images of England - Monkseaton and Hillheads; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)