Tyne and Wear HER(15443): Chirton, Chirton Pit - Details
15443
N Tyneside
Chirton, Chirton Pit
Chirton
NZ36NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
Shown on a map of 1769.
3500
6801
NZ35006801
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 21/6: Plan of Chirton Colliery, property of Edward Collingwood etc. Giving details of geology, coal working and water levels. Shows pits, boreholes, waggonway and crank gin. 7th December 1769