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2487


S Tyneside


Marsden, Limestone Quarry


Marsden


NZ46SW


Industrial


Stone Extraction Site


Limestone Quarry


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


These quarries at Marsden are associated with Marsden Lime Kilns (HER ref. 1002). They are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were presumably in use after 1855. They are marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, and on the 1942 edition Ordnance Survey map have been obscured by the expansion of the adjacent quarry (HER ref. 2488).


4050


6428


NZ40506428



<< HER 2487 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SE

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