Bank Pit

Bank Pit

HER Number

3883

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bank Pit

Place

Eighton Banks

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Bank Pit (Coal).

Easting

2738

Northing

5857

Grid Reference

NZ27385857

Sources

<< HER 3883 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7