Way Pit

Way Pit

HER Number

3902

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Way 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 Way Pit (Coal).

Easting

428020

Northing

557080

Grid Reference

NZ428020557080

Sources

<< HER 3902 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7