Marley Hill, Shaft

HER Number

3697

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Marley Hill, Shaft

Place

Marley Hill

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

1938

Northing

5734

Grid Reference

NZ19385734

Sources

<< HER 3697 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6