Betsy Pit/Belsay Pit

HER Number:
3560

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Betsy Pit/Belsay Pit

Place:
Winlaton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

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:
Betsy Pit (Coal), also known as Belsay Pit became part of Blaydon Burn Colliery, eventually closing in the 1950s. This small pit belonged to Joseph Cowen who owned the brickworks (HER ref. 1646 and 3434) in 1896. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan this is marked as the Belsay Pit. At that time there was no range of buildings, but two structures on either side of the mouth of the mine had been constructed by 1896. This formed part of what became known as Blaydon Burn Colliery.

Easting:
417070

Northing:
562500

Grid Reference:
NZ417070562500

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3560 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6 Tyne & Wear HER, Blaydon Burn File; http://www.dmm.org.uk