Whickham Plantation, Grand Lease Pits

HER Number

1664

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham Plantation, Grand Lease Pits

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Whickham Hill Plantation covers some of the Grand Lease Pits, which may be earlier than the Whickham Grand Lease Way (constructed circa 1621) and may have been undisturbed.

Easting

422323

Northing

560853

Grid Reference

NZ422323560853

Sources

<< HER 1664 >> E. Clavering, A.R. Rounding & G.C. Bennett, A1 Trunk Road, Gateshead Western Bypass, Improvement Objection Industrial Archaeology Submission