Wear Lime Works
Wear Lime Works
HER Number
2679
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Wear Lime Works
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Lime Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Wear Lime Works received its lime from a quarry (HER ref. 2675) via a wagonway (HER ref. 2676). These works contained a battery of lime kilns (HER ref. 3626).
Easting
438970
Northing
558280
Grid Reference
NZ438970558280
Sources
<< HER 2679 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8