Ravensworth, Shaft

HER Number

3751

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ravensworth, Shaft

Place

Ravensworth

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

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

423060

Northing

558280

Grid Reference

NZ423060558280

Sources

<< HER 3751 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6