Lane Pit
Lane Pit
HER Number
4029
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Lane Pit
Place
South Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
An Air Shaft possibly related to Gosforth Colliery (HER ref. 4024) is shown as Lane Pit on a plan of the Earl of Carlisle's Estate at Longbenton in 1749. It is also shown on a plan of Gosforth in 1824.
Easting
426070
Northing
568240
Grid Reference
NZ426070568240
Sources
<< HER 4029 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88
1749, A Plan of the Rt. Honble. The Earl of Carlisles Estate at Longbenton, Northumberland Records Office, 3410 WAT 20a f.12
1824, Plan of Gosforth showing the extent of the Royalties or Manorial Righ, Northumberland Records Office, NCLLSS SB11/4
J. Henderson, 1749, Plan of the Longbenton Estate etc. belonging to Lord Carlisle, Northumberland Records Office, WAT 20a/f9
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Meadow Pit, Longbenton, Report for North Tyneside Council
1749, A Plan of the Rt. Honble. The Earl of Carlisles Estate at Longbenton, Northumberland Records Office, 3410 WAT 20a f.12
1824, Plan of Gosforth showing the extent of the Royalties or Manorial Righ, Northumberland Records Office, NCLLSS SB11/4
J. Henderson, 1749, Plan of the Longbenton Estate etc. belonging to Lord Carlisle, Northumberland Records Office, WAT 20a/f9
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Meadow Pit, Longbenton, Report for North Tyneside Council