Harlow Green, Coal Shaft

HER Number

3859

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Harlow Green, Coal Shaft

Place

Harlow Green

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

426030

Northing

558770

Grid Reference

NZ426030558770

Sources

<< HER 3859 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7