Heaton Banks Colliery, Knab Pit
Heaton Banks Colliery, Knab Pit
HER Number
1764
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Heaton Banks Colliery, Knab Pit
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Knab Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown. Pit had been sealed and planted over with trees by 1815.
Easting
426600
Northing
565820
Grid Reference
NZ426600565820
Sources
<< HER 1764 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9;