West Holywell, Coal Pits

HER Number

1108

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Holywell, Coal Pits

Place

West Holywell

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

Coal pits recorded at West Holywell. These may have been relatively shallow workings, as they are clustered together in a group of about four.

Easting

430690

Northing

572550

Grid Reference

NZ430690572550

Sources

<< HER 1108 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89