Winlaton, Quarry

HER Number

3568

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, Quarry

Place

Winlaton

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 1857.

Easting

418560

Northing

562100

Grid Reference

NZ418560562100

Sources

<< HER 3568 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6