Throckley, Coal Pit

HER Number:
3923

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Coal Pit

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

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, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting:
1526

Northing:
6629

Grid Reference:
NZ15266629

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3923 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96