Butterlaw, coal pits

HER Number

15507

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Butterlaw, coal pits

Place

Butterlaw

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Tudor 1485 to 1603

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Between 1536 and 1554 the Grey family leased the coal pits of 'Bytterlaw' from the Earl of Northumberland. In 1581 the mines at Butterlaw were unoccupied due to exhaustion of the surface deposits. In 1612 the Butterlaw coal mines were leased to Francis Fitton for an annual rent of £3.

Easting

418000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ418000568000

Sources

Public Record Office E 321/40/25; ME James, 1955, Estate Accounts of the Earls iof Northumberland 1562-1637, Surtees Society, vol CLXIII, xlv; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, West Middle Callerton, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Evaluation