Byker, St Anthony's Colliery

Tyne and Wear HER(6941): Byker, St Anthony's Colliery - Details

HER Number:
6941

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, St Anthony's Colliery

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Opened before 1769. There were three other pits - Farewell Pit, Nightingale Pit and Restoration Pit (HER 4189).

Easting:
286

Northing:
630

Grid Reference:
NZ286630

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Durham Mining Museum http://www.dmm.org.uk