High Spen, Shaft

HER Number

3340

District

Gateshead

Site Name

High Spen, Shaft

Place

High Spen

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

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

This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

413410

Northing

561050

Grid Reference

NZ413410561050

Sources

<< HER 3340 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5