Plan of the Collieries on the Rivers Tyne and Wear also Blyth, Bedlington and Hartley; with the Country 11 Miles round Newcastle

Made:
1788
maker:
Gibson, John

Taken from actual surveys. Bears 'Explanation' (i.e. key), details of Keel Dues on the River Tyne and at Sunderland, and a dedication by Gibson to Hugh, Duke of Northumberland. Principal roadways have been highlighted in red. Bears also a vignette of colliery scenes showing wagons on a roadway down to a barge at wharf.

Details

Extent:
1080
725
Identifier:
MSP/0004
Access:
Open Access