Holystone, William Pit

HER Number:
15455

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Holystone, William Pit

Place:
Holystone

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
Shown on a map of circa 1804.

Easting:
3045

Northing:
7066

Grid Reference:
NZ30457066

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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 21/19: Plan of the north of Coble Dean showing the present and ancient course of the rivulet at low water, bounded by Chirton and Flatworth Estates showing waggonways and coal staiths. Not dated, but around 1804