Barlow, Shaft

HER Number

3368

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Barlow, Shaft

Place

Barlow

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

414950

Northing

560200

Grid Reference

NZ414950560200

Sources

<< HER 3368 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5