Birtley, Shaft

HER Number

3909

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, Shaft

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

427920

Northing

556510

Grid Reference

NZ427920556510

Sources

<< HER 3909 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7