Elswick, Coal Shaft

HER Number:
4118

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Coal Shaft

Place:
Elswick

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:
This Coal Shaft was sunk around 1805 and closed by 1859. An inclined plane (HER ref. 4906) linked the shaft with the riverside.

Easting:
2403

Northing:
6319

Grid Reference:
NZ24036319

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4118 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97 Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment