Walbottle Colliery, Coronation Pit
Walbottle Colliery, Coronation Pit
HER Number
3984
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Walbottle Colliery, Coronation Pit
Place
Walbottle
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Walbottle Colliery, Coronation Pit. The 2nd edition OS mapping shows an expansion of this site. Opened in 1820 and called Coronation Pit to mark the coronation of George IV. A village grew up around the pit. Walbottle Colliery (HER 4229) opened before 1828. Owners in the 1850s were J. Lamb, Potters and Joblings Trustees, then R.O. Lamb, then Terale & Kirton, later Kirton, Rowell & Dodd, Walbottle Coal and Firebrick Co and lastly Lemington Colliery Co ltd. Blucher Pit closed in 1867 but was reopened in 1900 by the Throckley Coal Company, the owners of pits at Heddon, Throckley and Newburn.
Easting
417760
Northing
567570
Grid Reference
NZ417760567570
Sources
<< HER 3984 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 87, SE; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 87, SE; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk