Gateshead, coal pit

HER Number

7842

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, coal pit

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

The site of an 18th century coal pit is suggested at this location on the basis of early map evidence.

Easting

427460

Northing

556300

Grid Reference

NZ427460556300

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 Unpublished report.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)