George Pit

HER Number

1125

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

George Pit

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

George Pit, a probable coal mine, may have been associated with with an ajacent wagonway (HER ref. 1130).

Easting

428840

Northing

568130

Grid Reference

NZ428840568130

Sources

<< HER 1125 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89