Heaton Banks Colliery, Bank Pit

HER Number:
1768

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton Banks Colliery, Bank Pit

Place:
Heaton

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:
Bank Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown. Pit had been sealed and planted over with trees by 1815.

Easting:
2651

Northing:
6610

Grid Reference:
NZ26516610

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1768 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage