Hill Pit

Hill Pit

HER Number

3900

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Hill Pit

Place

Birtley

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 Hill Pit (Coal).

Easting

428140

Northing

557380

Grid Reference

NZ428140557380

Sources

<< HER 3900 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7