Benton Square, Backworth Colliery, Prosperous Pit

HER Number:
1115

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Benton Square, Backworth Colliery, Prosperous Pit

Place:
Benton Square

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Coal shaft, west of Benton Square. Marked "Old" on 1st edn OS mapping so probably dates to before 1858. Durham Mining Museum Website say that Prosperous Pit proper opened in 1906 and closed December 1960. There is a piece of winding gear still on the site [2004] - removed from its tower.

Easting:
2954

Northing:
6989

Grid Reference:
NZ29546989

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1115 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; http://www.dmm.org.uk; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 83; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Benton Square, Backworth, North Tyneside - archaeological evaluation; TWM, 2010, Stanley Miller site, Palmersville - Archaeological Assessment