Tyne and Wear HER(3948): Throckley, Fortune Pit - Details
3948
Newcastle
Throckley, Fortune Pit
Throckley
NZ16NW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Fortune Pit (Coal) is shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by c.1895.
1485
6705
NZ14856705
<< HER 3948 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87