Winlaton, Coal Pit

HER Number

3571

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, Coal Pit

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

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 out of use by 1857.

Easting

416980

Northing

560730

Grid Reference

NZ416980560730

Sources

<< HER 3571 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6