Byker, Byker Colliery, pits

HER Number:
17176

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Byker Colliery, pits

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Pits shown on a Plan of Low Heaton c1740. The pits named are Thomas, Margaret and Engine with another (possibly Matthew) just to the north. Grid ref is approximate. Closed by 1815. Matthew used to try and rescue the trapped miners of the Heaton Main Colliery disaster May 2015.

Easting:
270

Northing:
648

Grid Reference:
NZ270648

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage