Wallsend, West Pit

HER Number:
1136

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, West Pit

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
West Pit was possibly part of Bigges Main Colliery (HER ref. 1133). It is absent from the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map (1894/5).

Easting:
2926

Northing:
6672

Grid Reference:
NZ29266672

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1136 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89