Coalburns, Coal Level

HER Number

3330

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Coalburns, Coal Level

Place

Coalburns

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

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

This Coal Level is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856. The precise location of the site is not clear from the map evidence.

Easting

412320

Northing

561620

Grid Reference

NZ412320561620

Sources

<< HER 3330 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5