Byker, Coal Pit

Byker, Coal Pit

HER Number
4689
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Byker, Coal Pit
Place
Byker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This Coal Pit is shown on Oliver's 1844 map.
Easting
2602
Northing
6490
Grid Reference
NZ26026490
Sources
<< HER 4689 >> Ove Arup & Partners, 1998, Lower Steenberg's Yard - Byker, Engineering Study
T. Oliver, 1844, Map of Newcastle and Gateshead