Tyne and Wear HER(3567): Winlaton, Content Pit - Details
3567
Gateshead
Winlaton, Content Pit
Winlaton
NZ16SE
Shaft
Ventilation Shaft
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Shaft, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857. Shown and named on a plan of 1779. Linked to Mary Pit by a waggonway.
1816
6219
NZ18166219
<< HER 3567 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; The East Part of Winlaton Lordship showing the borings to the Frive Quarter Coal, 1779, held by The Coal Authority D1454 Sheet 1 of 2