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

Lats/Lons:

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