Gosforth Pit

HER Number

4184

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gosforth Pit

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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 Gosforth Pit.

Easting

428480

Northing

565490

Grid Reference

NZ428480565490

Sources

<< HER 4184 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98; Oliver, 1840, Plan of Walker Estate in the County of Northumberland, D/NCP/19/4