Blakelaw, Shaft

HER Number

4253

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Blakelaw, Shaft

Place

Blakelaw

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

The shaft is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan and is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was in use between 1858 and 1895.

Easting

421100

Northing

566960

Grid Reference

NZ421100566960

Sources

<< HER 4253 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW