Howdon Old Pit

HER Number

1178

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon Old Pit

Place

Howdon

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

Howdon Old Pit is named on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. The site includes several shafts and a reservoir.

Easting

433020

Northing

566460

Grid Reference

NZ433020566460

Sources

<< HER 1178 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89