North Elswick Colliery

HER Number

4096

District

Newcastle

Site Name

North Elswick Colliery

Place

Fenham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

North Elswick Colliery is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, indicating that they were probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

423600

Northing

564470

Grid Reference

NZ423600564470

Sources

<< HER 4096 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2006, Tyne Brewery, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological desk-based assessment; Tyne and Wear Archives Building Control Plans T186/ 13474, 12815, 12252, 9766, 13199, 13474, 11612