Backworth, Shaft

Backworth, Shaft

HER Number

2159

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Backworth, Shaft

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

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 shaft, marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1894/5.

Easting

428960

Northing

572500

Grid Reference

NZ428960572500

Sources

<< HER 2159 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW