Ford, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2837

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ford, Limestone Quarry

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Limestone Quarry and Lime Kiln, both as marked Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so presumably out of use by 1855.

Easting

435920

Northing

556900

Grid Reference

NZ435920556900

Sources

<< HER 2837 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8