Christo Pit/Craster Pit

HER Number

1126

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Christo Pit/Craster Pit

Place

Wallsend

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

Christo Pit, a probable coal mine, may have been associated with the ajacent wagonway (HER ref. 1130). It is named Craster Pit on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map.

Easting

429450

Northing

568300

Grid Reference

NZ429450568300

Sources

<< HER 1126 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89