St Anthony's Colliery

St Anthony's Colliery

HER Number

6941

District

Newcastle

Site Name

St Anthony's Colliery

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Opened before 1769. There were three other pits - Farewell Pit, Nightingale Pit and Restoration Pit (HER 4189).

Easting

428600

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ428600563000

Sources

Durham Mining Museum http://www.dmm.org.uk