Felling, Old Pit

HER Number

3822

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling, Old Pit

Place

Felling

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably out of use by 1857.

Easting

427150

Northing

561590

Grid Reference

NZ427150561590

Sources

<< HER 3822 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7