Whickham, Coal Pit

HER Number

3722

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Coal Pit

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mineral Extraction Site

Site Type: Specific

Quarry

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 1857.

Easting

421280

Northing

560440

Grid Reference

NZ421280560440

Sources

<< HER 3722 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6