Tyne and Wear HER(10801): St. Nicholas Cemetery, Smuggler's Hole - Details
10801
Newcastle
St. Nicholas Cemetery, Smuggler's Hole
Fenham
NZ26NW
Industrial
Mining Industry Site
Mine Shaft
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Documentary Evidence
Shown on Ordnance Survey First Edition. Within the cemetery was the Smugglers Hole, a former mine shaft in which two illicit stills (“about 200 gallons of wash, a long brick chimney and complete distillery apparatus” worth £50) were found in 1822.
422760
565080
NZ422760565080
Shown on Ordnance Survey First Edition of 1864; Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, pp 27-28