Blakelaw, Coal Shaft

HER Number

3996

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Blakelaw, Coal Shaft

Place

Blakelaw

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

421080

Northing

566800

Grid Reference

NZ421080566800

Sources

<< HER 3996 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88