Jesmond, coal pit

HER Number

15466

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond, coal pit

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

Coal pit served by Jesmond (Burdon's) Waggonway.

Easting

425540

Northing

566730

Grid Reference

NZ425540566730

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 28/23: Plan of a proposed waggonway from Jesmond to the River Tyne. Not dated.