West Pit

HER Number

1136

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West 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

West Pit was possibly part of Bigges Main Colliery (HER ref. 1133). It is absent from the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map (1894/5).

Easting

429260

Northing

566720

Grid Reference

NZ429260566720

Sources

<< HER 1136 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89