West Denton, Coal Shaft

HER Number

4042

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West Denton, Coal Shaft

Place

West 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 appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

419270

Northing

565170

Grid Reference

NZ419270565170

Sources

<< HER 4042 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97