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

Sources

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