Gateshead, coal pits

HER Number

7843

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, coal pits

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A line of 18th century coal pits is suggested at this location on the basis of early map evidence.

Easting

427490

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ427490563000

Sources

NCAS, 1998, Felling Riverside: Friar’s Goose Remediation Scheme: Investigation of ‘Outfall E’ for Environmental Technology Consultants, Fig. 3. Unpublished report. (T&W HER 1998, Box 20/46)