Cross Pit (Sinck Pit)

HER Number

3969

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Cross Pit (Sinck 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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Cross Pit (Coal). It is out of use on the 2nd edition OS mapping, 1895 survey. Named "Sinck" Pit on an estate plan of 1767.

Easting

416230

Northing

568120

Grid Reference

NZ416230568120

Sources

<< HER 3969 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87; A plan of the Lordship of Newburn Belonging to their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Thompson, 1767