Tyne and Wear HER(3650): Whickham, Coal Pit - Details
3650
Gateshead
Whickham, Coal Pit
Whickham
NZ15NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Documentary Evidence
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
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559870
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<< HER 3650 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6