Tyne and Wear HER(2023): Percy Main Colliery (Howdon Panns) - Details
2023
N Tyneside
Percy Main Colliery (Howdon Panns)
Percy Main
NZ36NW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Percy Main Colliery, possibly associated with the nearby Colliery Offices (HER 2022) and Wagonway (HER 2024). There were two associated pits - Flatworth Pit (HER 1174) and Percy Pit. Thomas Hair drew a picture of the colliery in 1844.
3375
6707
NZ33756707
<< HER 2023 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; T. Hair, 1844, Views of the colleries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham