Blaydon, Quarry

HER Number

3426

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, Quarry

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

417660

Northing

563230

Grid Reference

NZ417660563230

Sources

<< HER 3426 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2