Byker, Coal Shaft

HER Number

4188

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker, Coal Shaft

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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 1858.

Easting

428060

Northing

564350

Grid Reference

NZ428060564350

Sources

<< HER 4188 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98