Blakelaw, Blakelaw Pit

HER Number:
3997

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Blakelaw, Blakelaw Pit

Place:
Blakelaw

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
Blakelaw Pit (Coal) is marked as an ‘Old Shaft’ at this location on the Ordnance Survey 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by c.1895.

Easting:
2148

Northing:
6707

Grid Reference:
NZ21486707

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3997 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88