Fulwell, Limestone Quarry

HER Number

2690

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fulwell, Limestone Quarry

Place

Fulwell

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Limestone Quarry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Limestone Quarry is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

439130

Northing

559710

Grid Reference

NZ439130559710

Sources

<< HER 2690 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8