Benwell, Coal Shaft

HER Number:
4080

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Coal Shaft

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting:
2225

Northing:
6460

Grid Reference:
NZ22256460

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4080 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97