Nelly Pit

Nelly Pit

HER Number

3871

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Nelly 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 Nelly Pit (Coal).

Easting

426410

Northing

557440

Grid Reference

NZ426410557440

Sources

<< HER 3871 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7