Callerton Colliery

HER Number

4234

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Callerton Colliery

Place

Black Callerton

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Callerton Colliery is first shown on the Ordnance Survey second edition map, indicating that it dates from after 1858. It lies to the north of Lough House (HER19173). Modern aerial photography shows that that some buildings survive, although the site is overgrown.

Easting

416571

Northing

568807

Grid Reference

NZ416571568807

Sources

<< HER 4234 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 87, SE