Heaton Colliery, Middle Pit (C Pit)

HER Number:
4151

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton Colliery, Middle Pit (C Pit)

Place:
Heaton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
Middle Pit and spoil heap are shown on the 1st edition OS. It is marked as Disused on the 2nd edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1895. This is presumably Heaton Colliery C Pit which was opened in 1805.

Easting:
2747

Northing:
6613

Grid Reference:
NZ27476613

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4151 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk