Blaydon, Shaft

HER Number

3430

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, Shaft

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

417700

Northing

563370

Grid Reference

NZ417700563370

Sources

<< HER 3430 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2