Ridge Pit

HER Number

1103

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Ridge Pit

Place

Killingworth

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Ridge Pit with "Old Coal Pit” marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, suggesting closure before 1858.

Easting

429200

Northing

570050

Grid Reference

NZ429200570050

Sources

<< HER 1103 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89