St. Nicholas Cemetery, Smuggler's Hole

HER Number:
10801

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
St. Nicholas Cemetery, Smuggler's Hole

Place:
Fenham

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey First Edition. Within the cemetery was the Smugglers Hole, a former mine shaft in which two illicit stills (“about 200 gallons of wash, a long brick chimney and complete distillery apparatus” worth £50) were found in 1822.

Easting:
422760

Northing:
565080

Grid Reference:
NZ422760565080

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Shown on Ordnance Survey First Edition of 1864; Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pp 27-28