Tyne and Wear HER(1664): Whickham Plantation, Grand Lease Pits - Details
1664
Gateshead
Whickham Plantation, Grand Lease Pits
Whickham
NZ26SW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Coal Workings
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
Whickham Hill Plantation covers some of the Grand Lease Pits, which may be earlier than the Whickham Grand Lease Way (constructed circa 1621) and may have been undisturbed.
22323
60853
NZ2232360853
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