Tyne and Wear HER(1766): Heaton Banks Colliery, Venture Pit - Details
1766
Newcastle
Heaton Banks Colliery, Venture Pit
Heaton
NZ26NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Coal Workings
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
Venture Pit is shown on an 18th century Plan of Heaton Estate. Its precise location is unknown. Pit had been sealed and planted over with trees by 1815.
2652
6596
NZ26526596
<< HER 1766 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9