Felling, Shaft

HER Number

3806

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling, Shaft

Place

Felling

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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 1857.

Easting

427980

Northing

562010

Grid Reference

NZ427980562010

Sources

<< HER 3806 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7