Lawson Main Pit (Delight Pit)

HER Number

4162

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Lawson Main Pit (Delight Pit)

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Lawson Main Pit (Coal).

Easting

427000

Northing

564740

Grid Reference

NZ427000564740

Sources

<< HER 4162 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97