Throckley, George Pit

HER Number:
15497

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, George Pit

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NW

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:
Shown on a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.

Easting:
1479

Northing:
6591

Grid Reference:
NZ14796591

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; A Map of Throckley Fell 1774; Extracts from minute book of George Johnson (1774-1775) Throckley Collieries (owned by Steve Grudgings)