Earsdon Colliery, Grange Pit

HER Number:
1148

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Earsdon Colliery, Grange Pit

Place:
Earsdon

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

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:
Air Shaft, south of Earsdon. Marked Air Shafts on 2nd edition OS mapping, which also shows expansion of spoil heaps around the shafts. This was part of Earsdon Colliery, which was opened in 1826 and closed in 1934. This particular pit opened in 1874.

Easting:
3240

Northing:
7186

Grid Reference:
NZ32407186

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1148 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk