Carr's Drift

HER Number

4055

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Carr's Drift

Place

Denton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

419690

Northing

565080

Grid Reference

NZ419690565080

Sources

<< HER 4055 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97