Marsden, Quarry

HER Number:
2491

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Quarry

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Quarry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This quarry at Marsden is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1895. It partly overlay an earlier ‘Old Quarry’ (HER ref. 2424). It had been served by railway (HER ref. 2494).

Easting:
4081

Northing:
6384

Grid Reference:
NZ40816384

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2491 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SE