Marden coal mine

HER Number

735

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Marden coal mine

Place

Marden

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Northumberland County History asserts that "mention is made of coal mines belonging to the priory at Merden, or Marden, in 1316 (sic)...", though the prior's coal workings at Marden are said to have been destroyed in 1315 by a Scottish army which actually got as far as the priory.

Easting

435402

Northing

570908

Grid Reference

NZ435402570908

Sources

<< HER 735 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, VIII, pp. 17, 254, 280