Heaton Park, Wheat Pit

HER Number

1773

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton Park, Wheat 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

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

Easting

426310

Northing

566270

Grid Reference

NZ426310566270

Sources

<< HER 1773 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage