Monkwearmouth, Wear Lime Works

Tyne and Wear HER(2679): Monkwearmouth, Wear Lime Works - Details

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HER Number:
2679

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Wear Lime Works

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Works

Site Type: Specific:
Lime Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Wear Lime Works received its lime from a quarry (HER ref. 2675) via a wagonway (HER ref. 2676). These works contained a battery of lime kilns (HER ref. 3626).

Easting:
3897

Northing:
5828

Grid Reference:
NZ38975828

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2679 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8

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