East Brunton, Middle Brunton Engine

HER Number:
4005

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
East Brunton, Middle Brunton Engine

Place:
East Brunton

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Machinery

Site Type: Specific:
Engine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, this engine is not shown in association with a mine or wagonway, so was possibly a mine pumping engine. It is not marked on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1895. This appears to have been the site of Brunton Row Colliery and historic map evidence indicates a wagonway running south to the Fawdon wagonway. Greenwell's map of 1827 shows the wagonway following a more circuitous path, some of which may survive as tracks or field boundaries. The British Geological Survey mark this site as two immediately adjacent shafts.

Easting:
2299

Northing:
7081

Grid Reference:
NZ22997081

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4005 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88