Usworth, Mine Shaft

HER Number:
2609

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, Mine Shaft

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Shaft in the north east corner of Usworth Place park is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, where it is marked as ‘Old’, so was presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
3154

Northing:
5900

Grid Reference:
NZ31545900

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2609 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7