Blaydon, Coal Workings

HER Number

3445

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, Coal Workings

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

An Old Coal Pit, Windlass and Shaft are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that they were out of use by 1896.

Easting

418790

Northing

563120

Grid Reference

NZ418790563120

Sources

<< HER 3445 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2