Byermoor, Shaft

HER Number

3664

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Byermoor, Shaft

Place

Byermoor

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

417980

Northing

557310

Grid Reference

NZ417980557310

Sources

<< HER 3664 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6