George Pit

HER Number

3862

District

Gateshead

Site Name

George Pit

Place

Harlow Green

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of George Pit (Coal). Also shown on 1785 plan by Fryer.

Easting

426400

Northing

558470

Grid Reference

NZ426400558470

Sources

<< HER 3862 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Fryer's Plan of Gateshead, 1785