Elswick, Coal Shaft
Elswick, Coal Shaft
HER Number
4118
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Elswick, Coal Shaft
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This Coal Shaft was sunk around 1805 and closed by 1859. An inclined plane (HER ref. 4906) linked the shaft with the riverside.
Easting
424030
Northing
563190
Grid Reference
NZ424030563190
Sources
<< HER 4118 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment