William Pit

HER Number

3799

District

Gateshead

Site Name

William Pit

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

William Pit, presumably a Coal Pit is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan with a Chimney on the site.

Easting

427000

Northing

561910

Grid Reference

NZ427000561910

Sources

<< HER 3799 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7