Elswick Colliery, North Elswick Pit

HER Number

4076

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick Colliery, North Elswick Pit

Place

Fenham

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

North Elswick Pit (Coal). Part of Elswick Colliery (HER 4098). Opened before 1828. Owned by Elswick Colliery Company and then Elswick Coal Company Ltd. There were 2 other associated pits - Mill Pit and Wortley/Engine Pit, which was sunk in 1805.

Easting

422520

Northing

565110

Grid Reference

NZ422520565110

Sources

<< HER 4076 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk