Chopwell, Shaft

HER Number

3345

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Shaft

Place

Chopwell

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

413020

Northing

560960

Grid Reference

NZ413020560960

Sources

<< HER 3345 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5