Whickham, Coal Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3646): Whickham, Coal Pit - Details

HER Number:
3646

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Coal Pit

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

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:
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
1954

Northing:
6059

Grid Reference:
NZ19546059

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3646 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6