Throckley, Lark Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(8485): Throckley, Lark Pit - Details

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HER Number:
8485

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Lark Pit

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Lark Pit is shown on an eighteenth century map ZAN/M17/197/a/24. Gone by OS first edition.

Easting:
1553

Northing:
6710

Grid Reference:
NZ15536710

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northumberland Record Office ZAN/M17/197/a/24; Extracts from minute book of George Johnson (1774-1775) Throckley Collieries (owned by Steve Grudgings)

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