East Denton, Coal Shaft/Air Shaft
East Denton, Coal Shaft/Air Shaft
HER Number
4043
District
Newcastle
Site Name
East Denton, Coal Shaft/Air 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 1858. It is marked as an air shaft on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so possibly reopened for that function.
Easting
419460
Northing
565200
Grid Reference
NZ419460565200
Sources
<< HER 4043 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97