Tyne and Wear HER(2165): Benton Square, Coal Shaft - Details
2165
N Tyneside
Benton Square, Coal Shaft
Benton Square
NZ27SE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A Coal Shaft with spoil heaps is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was in use sometime in the period 1858-1895.
2974
7021
NZ29747021
<< HER 2165 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW