Benwell, Coal Shaft

HER Number

4080

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, Coal Shaft

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

422250

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ422250564600

Sources

<< HER 4080 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97