Fenham, Shaft

HER Number

4301

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Fenham, Shaft

Place

Fenham

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

This Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

421360

Northing

565790

Grid Reference

NZ421360565790

Sources

<< HER 4301 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW