Henry Pit

HER Number

4181

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Henry Pit

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

A detailed plan (TWAS D/NCP/19/3) of the workings of Walker Colliery drawn after 1796 includes the Henry Pit and graphically shows that intensive pillar and stall workings extended under the site now occupied by Walkergate Hospital. In the early19th century Walker Colliery had 10 pits working, including Henry Pit. As early as 1817 it was reported that Henry Pit was close to exhaustion. It was disused by 1843 and is marked as such on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

428390

Northing

565930

Grid Reference

NZ428390565930

Sources

<< HER 4181 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Walkergate Hospital, Benfield Road, Newcastle, Desk Based Assessment
Tyne and Wear Archive Service, Plan - ref. C188 of Walker Colliery, D/NCP/19/3