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

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Slate Quarry

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

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

429549

Northing

572251

Grid Reference

NZ429549572251

Sources

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