Denton, Shaft

HER Number

4290

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Denton, Shaft

Place

Denton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

420050

Northing

565430

Grid Reference

NZ420050565430

Sources

<< HER 4290 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW