Whickham, Shaft

Whickham, Shaft

HER Number

3672

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Shaft

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

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

Shaft, marked as Old on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use before 1857.

Easting

420560

Northing

558970

Grid Reference

NZ420560558970

Sources

<< HER 3672 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6