Milkwellburn Colliery, East Shaft

HER Number

3403

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Milkwellburn Colliery, East 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

This Coal Shaft is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

411160

Northing

557680

Grid Reference

NZ411160557680

Sources

<< HER 3403 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5