Meadow Pit

Meadow Pit

HER Number

3866

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Meadow Pit

Place

Low Eighton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Meadow Pit (Coal).

Easting

426270

Northing

558160

Grid Reference

NZ426270558160

Sources

<< HER 3866 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7