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Tyne & Wear
A group of eight Grade II Listed 18th century lime kilns, which served Fulwell Quarries, part of the Sir Hedworth Williamson Limeworks. Commemorative Blue Plaque.
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For 200 years until 1957, the Sir Hedworth Williamson limeworks quarried a 140 acre site near here. The quarry has been reclaimed but these early kilns remain as a monument to our industrial past.