East Denton, Coal Shaft/Air Shaft

HER Number:
4043

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
East Denton, Coal Shaft/Air Shaft

Place:
East Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

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, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858. It is marked as an air shaft on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so possibly reopened for that function.

Easting:
1946

Northing:
6520

Grid Reference:
NZ19466520

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4043 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97