Heaton Park, Engine Pit

HER Number

1770

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton Park, Engine 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

Eng? Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown.

Easting

426410

Northing

566180

Grid Reference

NZ426410566180

Sources

<< HER 1770 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage