Fenham, Elswick Colliery, North Elswick Pit

HER Number:
4076

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Fenham, Elswick Colliery, North Elswick Pit

Place:
Fenham

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
North Elswick Pit (Coal). Part of Elswick Colliery (HER 4098). Opened before 1828. Owned by Elswick Colliery Company and then Elswick Coal Company Ltd. There were 2 other associated pits - Mill Pit and Wortley/Engine Pit, which was sunk in 1805.

Easting:
2252

Northing:
6511

Grid Reference:
NZ22526511

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4076 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk