Willington Colliery, Millbank Pit

HER Number:
1170

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington Colliery, Millbank Pit

Place:
Willington

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Millbank Pit appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map but is not shown on the 2nd edition, so had presumably ceased operations by 1894/5. Opened on 23 February 1775 by Messrs Bell & Co.

Easting:
3190

Northing:
6870

Grid Reference:
NZ31906870

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1170 >> 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