Benton Square, Air Shaft

HER Number

2194

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, Air Shaft

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Shaft

Site Type: Specific

Ventilation Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows an Air Shaft, possibly related to Moor Edge Colliery (HER ref. 2193), at this location. This is marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan so may have gone out of use before 1895.

Easting

430020

Northing

569520

Grid Reference

NZ430020569520

Sources

<< HER 2194 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW