Blaydon, Coal Workings

HER Number:
3445

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, Coal Workings

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An Old Coal Pit, Windlass and Shaft are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that they were out of use by 1896.

Easting:
1879

Northing:
6312

Grid Reference:
NZ18796312

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3445 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2