East Denton, Coal Shaft

HER Number

4039

District

Newcastle

Site Name

East Denton, Coal Shaft

Place

East Denton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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 Coal Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by c.1855.

Easting

419740

Northing

566000

Grid Reference

NZ419740566000

Sources

<< HER 4039 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97