Coalburns, Coal Pit
Coalburns, Coal Pit
HER Number
3334
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Coalburns, Coal Pit
Place
Coalburns
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
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
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1856.
Easting
1156
Northing
6107
Grid Reference
NZ11566107
Sources
<< HER 3334 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5