Willington, Air Shaft

HER Number

2184

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington, Air Shaft

Place

Willington

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Shaft

Site Type: Specific

Ventilation Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Air Shaft, possibly related to the nearby Bewick Pit (HER ref. 1161). This is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use before 1895.

Easting

430200

Northing

568580

Grid Reference

NZ430200568580

Sources

<< HER 2184 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW