Throckley, East Engine Pit

HER Number:
3925

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, East Engine Pit

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
East Engine Pit (Coal) is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895, by which time the site has been lost within Throckley Colliery.

Easting:
1536

Northing:
6583

Grid Reference:
NZ15366583

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3925 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12; Map of Throckley Fell 1774 (mining institute); Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield