Benwell, Air Shaft

HER Number

4303

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, Air Shaft

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Air Shaft is shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was sunk after 1858. This exact position of the shaft is diffucult to ascertain from the available historic map evidence.

Easting

420070

Northing

564570

Grid Reference

NZ420070564570

Sources

<< HER 4303 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW