Heaton Banks Colliery, Venture Pit
Heaton Banks Colliery, Venture Pit
HER Number
1766
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Heaton Banks Colliery, Venture Pit
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
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.
Easting
426520
Northing
565960
Grid Reference
NZ426520565960
Sources
<< HER 1766 >> Plan - ref. C188 of Heaton Estate, Northumberland Records Office- ZRI 50/9