Kenton Bankfoot, Mine Shafts

HER Number

4269

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Kenton Bankfoot, Mine Shafts

Place

Kenton Bankfoot

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

These Mine Shafts are marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were out of use by 1895. The precise location and number of shafts is unclear, however.

Easting

420221

Northing

569315

Grid Reference

NZ420221569315

Sources

<< HER 4269 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW