Belle Pit

HER Number

1169

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Belle Pit

Place

Willington

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

Belle Pit is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map; the 2nd edition shows an expansion of spoil heaps.

Easting

431690

Northing

568910

Grid Reference

NZ431690568910

Sources

<< HER 1169 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89