Great Eppleton, Quarry

HER Number

2983

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Great Eppleton, Quarry

Place

Great Eppleton

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

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 1856.

Easting

435980

Northing

548390

Grid Reference

NZ435980548390

Sources

<< HER 2983 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21