Monument record 7869/4/3 - Old Shafts North-east of Hall o' Lee Colliery

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1888 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts two old coal pit at this location. There also seems to be an area of spoil surrounding one of the pits.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts two old shafts (coal) at this location. There also seems to be an area of spoil surrounding one of the pits.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts easternmost of this group of pits and a tramway (railway) between these pits and a coal wharf at The Bank.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 09/04/2021 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

One of a small group of old shafts depicted in the area to the north-east of the Hall o' Lee Colliery. Although connected by a network of unenclosed trackways, and via a tramway to a coal wharf at The Bank, it isn't clear if these shafts form part of a larger connected mine or are individual workings.

<5> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2015, Staffordshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Gnosall, Kidsgrove and Talke, 1593245 (Digital Archive). SCH9202.

A number of small post medieval collieries are visible as earthworks on air photographs centred at SJ 8465 5676. The collieries are comprised of shafts, associated shaft mounds, an extractive pit, spoil heaps, a pond and several trackways. The earthworks were mapped as part of the Staffordshire National Mapping Programme Project and are depicted on historic Ordnance Survey mapping. Elements of the earthworks are extant on the latest 2010 vertical photography (see 2, 6 & 7).

<6> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, RAF/CPE/UK/1935 FS 2419, 17/01/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<7> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ8456, 11/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.