Ford, Quarry

HER Number

2840

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ford, Quarry

Place

Ford

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

435740

Northing

556450

Grid Reference

NZ435740556450

Sources

<< HER 2840 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8