Willington Quay, Shaft

HER Number

2183

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay, Shaft

Place

Willington

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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, so was out of use before 1894/5.

Easting

3188

Northing

6680

Grid Reference

NZ31886680

Sources

<< HER 2183 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW