West Backworth, slate quarries

HER Number:
794

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
West Backworth, slate quarries

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Stone Quarry

Site Type: Specific:
Slate Quarry

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1320 Henry Faukes of West Backworth granted to Tynemouth Priory a right of way for their carts to carry roofing slates from their quarries at West Backworth at all times of year.

Easting:
29549

Northing:
72251

Grid Reference:
NZ2954972251

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 794 >> W.S. Gibson, 1847, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, II, cxii-cxiii