George Pit

HER Number

15497

District

Newcastle

Site Name

George Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NW

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 a Map of Throckley Fell 1774.

Easting

414790

Northing

565910

Grid Reference

NZ414790565910

Sources

Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; A Map of Throckley Fell 1774; Extracts from minute book of George Johnson (1774-1775) Throckley Collieries (owned by Steve Grudgings)