Elswick, Benwell Colliery, Beaumont Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(4107): Elswick, Benwell Colliery, Beaumont Pit - Details

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HER Number:
4107

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Benwell Colliery, Beaumont Pit

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
Beaumont Pit (Coal) is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition. Sunk in 1809. Owned by W. Cochrane Carr Ltd and then by Elswick Coal Company Ltd in the 1930s.

Easting:
2265

Northing:
6334

Grid Reference:
NZ22656334

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4107 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; http://www.dmm.org.uk

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