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

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

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

434710

Northing

567290

Grid Reference

NZ434710567290

Sources

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