Chirton Colliery (Shields Colliery)

Chirton Colliery (Shields Colliery)

HER Number

6929

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Chirton Colliery (Shields Colliery)

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened in 1755. There were three other pits - Engine Pit NZ 357 682, Hope Pit and Prospect Pit.

Easting

435600

Northing

568200

Grid Reference

NZ435600568200

Sources

Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk