Bakers Main Pit

HER Number:
15481

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Bakers Main Pit

Place:
Scotswood

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Gibson's map of 1787 and Casson's map of 1801.

Easting:
419380

Northing:
564580

Grid Reference:
NZ419380564580

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Gibson 1787: Plan of the Collieries of the Rivers Tyne and Wear; Casson 1801: Map of the Rivers Tyne and Wear