Benwell, Delaval Benwell Colliery

HER Number:
4071

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Delaval Benwell Colliery

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
Delaval Colliery (Coal) appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan and is named Delaval Benwell Colliery on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan. Closed in 1901. Its owner was John O. Scott.

Easting:
2096

Northing:
6374

Grid Reference:
NZ20966374

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4071 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk