Scotswood, Scotswood Colliery

HER Number:
4295

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Scotswood, Scotswood Colliery

Place:
Scotswood

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Scotswood Colliery is shown at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but is absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting:
1936

Northing:
6435

Grid Reference:
NZ19366435

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4295 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW