Chopwell, Coal Pit

HER Number

3399

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Chopwell, Coal Pit

Place

Chopwell

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

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

410130

Northing

559110

Grid Reference

NZ410130559110

Sources

<< HER 3399 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5