Byker, Coal Shaft

Tyne and Wear HER(4188): Byker, Coal Shaft - Details

HER Number:
4188

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Coal Shaft

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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, so was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting:
2806

Northing:
6435

Grid Reference:
NZ28066435

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4188 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98