Winlaton, Coal Pit

HER Number

3565

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, Coal Pit

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Mining Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Mine Shaft

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 1857.

Easting

416530

Northing

560940

Grid Reference

NZ416530560940

Sources

<< HER 3565 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6