Longbenton, First and Second Engine Pits

HER Number:
5105

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, First and Second Engine Pits

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Second Pit is shown on a plan of the Earl of Carlisle's Estate 1749. A further plan of the same year shows First and Second Engine Pits. A wagonway linked Dyke Pit (HER 5104) to these pits and ran south to staiths at Walker. Last shown on a plan of 1824 of the royalties and extent of manorial rights to coal under Gosforth. It may have been disused at this time. The site was built over with housing in the 1950s-1960s.

Easting:
2576

Northing:
6808

Grid Reference:
NZ25766808

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5105 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Meadow Pit, Longbenton, Report for North Tyneside Council J. Watson, 1749, Plans, Northumberland Records Office, 3410 WAT 20a/f9 and f19 1752, Colliery Viewer's report, Northumberland Records Office, John/3/63 J. Whatman, Plan - ref. C188, Northumberland Records Office, ZAN M17/197/a/62 1824, Plan of the Royalties and extent of manorial rights to coal under gosforth, Northumberland Records Office, NCLLSS SB 11/4 19th century, Plan of Longbenton North Farm, Northumberland Records Office, NCLLSS SB 2/16