Birtley, Coal Shaft

HER Number:
3901

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Coal Shaft

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

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, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
2770

Northing:
5708

Grid Reference:
NZ27705708

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3901 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7