Chopwell, Coal Shaft

Chopwell, Coal Shaft

HER Number

3402

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Coal Shaft

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Coal Shaft at this location.

Easting

411050

Northing

557870

Grid Reference

NZ411050557870

Sources

<< HER 3402 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5