Kenton Bankfoot, Mine Shafts

HER Number:
4269

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton Bankfoot, Mine Shafts

Place:
Kenton Bankfoot

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
These Mine Shafts are marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were out of use by 1895. The precise location and number of shafts is unclear, however.

Easting:
20221

Northing:
69315

Grid Reference:
NZ2022169315

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4269 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW