North Biddick, Coal Pit

HER Number

3043

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Biddick, Coal Pit

Place

North Biddick

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1858. Its precise location is unclear from the historic map evidence.

Easting

431490

Northing

554210

Grid Reference

NZ431490554210

Sources

<< HER 3043 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13