North Shields, Shaft

HER Number:
2018

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Shaft

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A shaft, with what appear to be relatively extensive spoil heaps around it, is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. It is shown as an ‘Old Shaft’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1895.

Easting:
3471

Northing:
6729

Grid Reference:
NZ34716729

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2018 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89