Coalburns, Coal Pit

HER Number

3334

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Coalburns, Coal Pit

Place

Coalburns

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

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

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.

Easting

411560

Northing

561070

Grid Reference

NZ411560561070

Sources

<< HER 3334 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5