Benwell, Coal Level

HER Number

4057

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, Coal Level

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

This Coal Level is marked 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

419630

Northing

564660

Grid Reference

NZ419630564660

Sources

<< HER 4057 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97