Walker, Colliery School

HER Number

4264

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Colliery School

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows a Colliery School, probably associated with Walker Colliery. This is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so may have been out of use by 1895.

Easting

429160

Northing

564650

Grid Reference

NZ429160564650

Sources

<< HER 4264 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98