Throckley, Coal Pit

HER Number

3923

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley, Coal Pit

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

415260

Northing

566290

Grid Reference

NZ415260566290

Sources

<< HER 3923 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96