Tyne and Wear HER(3925): Throckley, East Engine Pit - Details
3925
Newcastle
Throckley, East Engine Pit
Throckley
NZ16NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
East Engine Pit (Coal) is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895, by which time the site has been lost within Throckley Colliery.
1536
6583
NZ15366583
<< HER 3925 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne: Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project 2011-12; Map of Throckley Fell 1774 (mining institute); Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield