Birtley, Coal Shaft

HER Number

3917

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Coal Shaft

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

2789

Northing

5474

Grid Reference

NZ27895474

Sources

<< HER 3917 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13