South Hylton, Quarry

HER Number

2662

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Hylton, Quarry

Place

South Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

435470

Northing

556380

Grid Reference

NZ435470556380

Sources

<< HER 2662 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7