Moorsley, Quarry

HER Number

3226

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Moorsley, Quarry

Place

Moorsley

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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 site is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

433600

Northing

545910

Grid Reference

NZ433600545910

Sources

<< HER 3226 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20