Lemington Staiths, water course

HER Number

11536

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Lemington Staiths, water course

Place

Lemington

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Watercourse

Site Type: Specific

Water Channel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A number of 'coale pitts' (HER 11535) were being worked in 1620. Two (in vicinity of NZ 1795 6481) are linked to Lemington Staiths (HER 4036) by 'the water course from the coale pits'.

Easting

417950

Northing

564810

Grid Reference

NZ417950564810

Sources

A plan of the manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives Class O, Div. xvii, No. 1