Benwell Colliery, Charley/Charlotte Pit

HER Number:
4081

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell Colliery, Charley/Charlotte Pit

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Charley Pit (Coal). This is named as the Charlotte Pit on the 2nd edition OS mapping. Opened in April 1766 as part of Benwell Colliery, owned by W. Cochrane Carr Ltd, and from the 1930s by Elswick Coal Company Ltd.

Easting:
2177

Northing:
6433

Grid Reference:
NZ21776433

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4081 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk