Newburn, coal mines

HER Number:
1309

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, coal mines

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A coal mine, paying 40s rent, is listed as part of the manor in 1367. Later, in his rental of the manor in 1499/1500, John Cartington listed "A subterranean coal mine, rent 106s 8d, in the lord's hand". Its location is unknown. There were further references to mines at Newburn in the 17th century.

Easting:
16737

Northing:
65235

Grid Reference:
NZ1673765235

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1309 >> M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 34 and 145-8; Cal. Pat. Rolls 1330-1334, pp 34, 261; Cal. Pat. Rolls 1330-1334, p 390; WH Knowles, 1915, Newburn Hall and Manor House, Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XII, p 197; Surtees Society, 1909, vol. CXVII, The Percy Chartulary, p 273; Syon House Archives, London A/11/3a quoted in MH Dodds 1930, p 146; ME James, 1955, Estate Accounts of the Earls of Northumberland 1562-1637, Surtees Society, vol CLXIII, xlv, xlvi, xlvii, xlviii; Leases 1608-1610, Syon House Archives Q/ii/52; Chanery Proc. Series ii, 320/41 in Dodds 1930, 147; Mayson's Survey 1613, Alnwick Castle Archives A/iv/2; Syon House Archives Lease no date, C/x/2c; Lease, no date, Q/ii/127; Lease of 1615, Q/ii/116; A Plan of the Manor of Newburn, 1620, Alnwick Castle Archives O/xvii/1; Rental of 1622 and 1625, Syon House Archives A/ii/11a; Cal. State Papers Dom, 1638-9, 483 in Knowles 1915, 198; Rental of 1685, Alnwick Castle Archives B/i/3 in Dodds 1930, 149