John Pit

HER Number

1147

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

John Pit

Place

Shiremoor

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

The precise location and extent of John Pit is unclear, although it is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map.

Easting

431650

Northing

570690

Grid Reference

NZ431650570690

Sources

<< HER 1147 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89