Chirton, Mine Shaft

HER Number

2126

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Chirton, Mine Shaft

Place

Chirton

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

A Mine Shaft, marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1894.

Easting

434880

Northing

568280

Grid Reference

NZ434880568280

Sources

<< HER 2126 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE