East Boldon, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2321

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

East Boldon, Limestone Quarry

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it had been abandoned by c.1855

Easting

3580

Northing

6003

Grid Reference

NZ35806003

Sources

<< HER 2321 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8