Tyne and Wear HER(3850): Beacon Lough, Coal Pit - Details
3850
Gateshead
Beacon Lough, Coal Pit
Beacon Lough
NZ25NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Coal Workings
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.
2647
5965
NZ26475965
<< HER 3850 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7