Gateshead, Coal Shaft

Tyne and Wear HER(3491): Gateshead, Coal Shaft - Details

HER Number:
3491

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Coal Shaft

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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

Easting:
2479

Northing:
6278

Grid Reference:
NZ24796278

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3491 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2