Beamish Burn, Coal Drift

HER Number

5053

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Beamish Burn, Coal Drift

Place

Beamish Burn

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Marked on Ordnance Survey map of 1921. Linked to Bewicke Main Colliery (HER 5050) by a tramway (HER 5052).

Easting

424510

Northing

555090

Grid Reference

NZ424510555090

Sources

<< HER 5053 >> 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1921