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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3149

Northing:
5421

Grid Reference:
NZ31495421

Lats/Lons:

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