West Engine Pit

HER Number

3926

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West Engine Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic map evidence shows the position of West Engine Pit (Coal).

Easting

414680

Northing

565970

Grid Reference

NZ414680565970

Sources

<< HER 3926 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96; Map of Throckley Fell 1774