Benton Square, Coal Shaft

HER Number

2165

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, Coal Shaft

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Coal Shaft with spoil heaps is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was in use sometime in the period 1858-1895.

Easting

429740

Northing

570210

Grid Reference

NZ429740570210

Sources

<< HER 2165 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, NW