Heaton Park, Whin Pit

HER Number

1774

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton Park, Whin Pit

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Whin Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown.

Easting

426170

Northing

566310

Grid Reference

NZ426170566310

Sources

<< HER 1774 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9