Water Row Pit
Water Row Pit
HER Number
11530
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Water Row Pit
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
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
George Stephenson worked at Water Row Pit from 1798 to 1801. There was a row of old cottages at Water Row along the river frontage - now only the Boathouse Inn survives (HER 8891). Water Row was cleared by Newburn Urban District Council as part of a slum clearance in 1931-9 {TWAS UD/Nb/40/35}.
Easting
416400
Northing
565200
Grid Reference
NZ416400565200
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1898; Water Row slum clearance 1931-39, Tyne and Wear Archives UD/Nb/40/35